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

Table 4

Interrater reliability of temperature measurement of facial acupoints from 26 participants with Bell’s palsy.

Acupoint	Session 1			Session 2
	CV (%)	ICC	Scale	CV (%)	ICC	Scale
L GB14	2.16	0.981	Excellent	2.18	0.987	Excellent
R GB14	2.19	0.936	Excellent	2.32	0.935	Excellent
L LI20	2.11	0.912	Excellent	2.16	0.922	Excellent
R LI20	2.00	0.942	Excellent	2.06	0.946	Excellent
L ST4	2.29	0.963	Excellent	2.28	0.942	Excellent
R ST4	2.09	0.875	Substantial	2.00	0.951	Excellent
L EX-HN5	2.68	0.842	Substantial	2.43	0.842	Substantial
R EX-HN5	2.27	0.823	Substantial	2.25	0.818	Substantial
L ST6	3.30	0.704	Moderate	3.11	0.765	Substantial
R ST6	2.94	0.773	Substantial	2.86	0.850	Substantial
L ST7	2.42	0.719	Moderate	2.84	0.848	Substantial
R ST7	2.16	0.661	Moderate	2.39	0.718	Moderate

CV : coefficient of variation; ICC : intraclass correlation coefficient.