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

Table 5

Intra- and interrater reliability of temperature difference measurement of bilateral facial acupoints from 26 participants with Bell’s palsy.

Acupoint	Intrarater reliability				Interrater reliability
	Rater 1		Rater 2		Session 1		Session 2
	ICC	Scale	ICC	Scale	ICC	Scale	ICC	Scale
GB14	0.882	Substantial	0.830	Substantial	0.721	Moderate	0.710	Moderate
LI20	0.466	Moderate	0.595	Moderate	0.828	Substantial	0.523	Moderate
ST4	0.768	Substantial	0.666	Moderate	0.650	Moderate	0.810	Substantial
EX-HN5	0.558	Moderate	0.643	Moderate	0.336	Low	0.423	Moderate
ST6	0.798	Substantial	0.421	Moderate	0.477	Moderate	0.356	Low
ST7	0.706	Moderate	0.412	Moderate	0.334	Low	0.599	Moderate

ICC : intraclass correlation coefficient; CI : confidence interval.