Research Article

Intra- and Interrater Reliability of Infrared Image Analysis of Facial Acupoints in Individuals with Facial Paralysis

Table 1

Mean and standard deviation results of acupoint temperature values from 26 participants in two sessions collected by two different raters.

AcupointRater 1, Tsk (mean ± SD)Rater 2, Tsk (mean ± SD)
Session 1Session 2Session 1Session 2

L GB1434.52 ± 0.7734.51 ± 0.7634.52 ± 0.7434.55 ± 0.76
R GB1434.54 ± 0.8434.56 ± 0.8634.56 ± 0.6934.68 ± 0.76
L LI2034.65 ± 0.7434.66 ± 0.7634.87 ± 0.7334.98 ± 0.73
R LI2034.82 ± 0.7134.76 ± 0.7234.91 ± 0.6935.04 ± 0.70
L ST434.32 ± 0.7934.31 ± 0.7934.30 ± 0.7934.34 ± 0.79
R ST434.54 ± 0.7134.46 ± 0.6734.49 ± 0.7534.46 ± 0.72
L EX-HN533.12 ± 0.9433.34 ± 0.8233.02 ± 0.8533.08 ± 0.79
R EX-HN533.29 ± 0.8333.35 ± 0.7833.29 ± 0.7033.39 ± 0.74
L ST632.37 ± 1.0632.31 ± 1.0832.78 ± 1.0732.56 ± 0.94
R ST632.54 ± 0.9632.63 ± 0.9532.82 ± 0.9632.75 ± 0.94
L ST733.16 ± 0.7833.14 ± 0.7833.07 ± 0.8332.64 ± 1.02
R ST733.55 ± 0.7233.56 ± 0.7633.19 ± 0.6932.97 ± 0.72