Research Article
Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of Electrical Impedance Myography: A Comparison between Large and Small Handheld Electrode Arrays
Table 2
Within-day longitudinal biceps EIM measurements.
| | Large sensor | Small sensor | 1st measurement | 2nd measurement | d | 1st measurement | 2nd measurement | d |
| 50 kHz | Phase | 21.54 (3.34) | 21.38 (3.25) | 0.15 | 12.11 (4.07) | 11.75 (3.58) | 0.36 | Reactance | 9.85 (1.16) | 10.13 (1.27) | −0.32 | 12.73 (3.51) | 12.61 (2.72) | 0.12 | Resistance | 25.32 (5.37) | 26.70 (7.16) | −1.38 | 61.67 (7.16) | 63.18 (16.39) | −1.38 |
| 100 kHz | Phase | 22.73 (3.80) | 22.56 (3.51) | 0.18 | 14.98 (3.56) | 14.64 (3.27) | 0.34 | Reactance | 8.36 (1.01) | 8.63 (1.31) | −0.27 | 14.14 (3.11) | 14.19 (3.08) | −0.05 | Resistance | 20.49 (5.04) | 21.56 (3.52) | −1.06 | 54.59 (14.19) | 56.27 (15.53) | −1.68 |
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Note: mean (standard deviation); d: mean difference between first and second measurements.
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