Open AccessThe effect of pre–measurement rest time on systolic ankle pressure measurements
Author(s) -
Chuter Vivienne,
Casey Sarah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-6-s1-p2
Subject(s) - medicine , intraclass correlation , ankle , reliability (semiconductor) , cardiology , blood pressure , pressure measurement , physical therapy , surgery , mechanical engineering , clinical psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , psychometrics
Results A significant drop in ankle pressure of 5.02 mmHg occurred between 5 and 10 minutes (p 0.05). Test-retest reliability after 5 minutes was excellent (intraclass correlation co-efficient (ICC): 0.84) however increased for measurements taken at 10 and 15 minutes (ICC: 0.89 and 0.89 respectively).