Research Article

The Reliability of Pharyngeal High Resolution Manometry with Impedance for Derivation of Measures of Swallowing Function in Healthy Volunteers

Table 3

Test-retest reliability of Primary Study versus Repeat Study for the 1st and 2nd analysis. Data are average ICC [range ICC].

ICC Primary Study versus Repeat Study
1st analysis2nd analysis

Contractility
 PhPP0.22 [0.03–0.41]0.24 [0.02–0.59]
 PhCI0.24 [0.05–0.42]0.15 [0.05–0.24]
 hPP0.61 [0.41–0.93]0.59 [0.23–0.96]
 UBP0.94 [0.93–0.95]0.94 [0.93–0.96]
 UPP0.49 [0.43–0.63]0.47 [0.28–0.57]
 UCI0.67 [0.61–0.72]0.62 [0.54–0.67]
Intrabolus pressure
 PhIBP0.73 [0.67–0.86]0.75 [0.68–0.82]
 hIBP0.80 [0.63, 0.93]0.80 [0.66–0.94]
 UIRP0.80 [0.71–0.88]0.79 [0.65–0.88]
Flow timing
 PhDCL0.86 [0.65–0.96]0.89 [0.82–0.95]
 hDCL0.79 [0.70–0.84]0.61 [0.15–0.84]
 hFI0.91 [0.89–0.93]0.91 [0.84–0.95]
Global function
 Swallow Risk Index0.75 [0.65–0.89]0.80 [0.69–0.87]