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Table 1 Results.

From: TRACE (Trunk Aesthetic Clinical Evaluation), a new everyday clinical tool to assess adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients aesthetics

 

Kappa statistics range

Percent of agreement

95% level of agreement (range)

 

Intra-raters

Inter-raters

Intra-raters

Inter-raters

Intra-raters

Inter-raters

TRACE1

0.16–0.24

0.09–0.14

28.8–36.3

18.8–36.1

2/11(99.4–96.9%)

3/11(95.0–100%)

Shoulders

0.29–0.43

0.16–0.25

51.3–70.6

48.8–70.6

1/3 (96.9–100%)

1/3 (92.5–100%)

Scapulae

0.43–0.58

0.41–0.50

76.9–79.4

70.6–80.0

1/2 (99.4–100%)

1/2 (100–100%)

Hemithorax

0.22–0.41

0.12–0.20

58.8–63.1

50.6–63.1

1/2 (98.1–99.4%)

1/2 (95.6–99.4%)

Flanks

0.40–0.48

0.07–0.11

55.0–68.0

24.4–68.1

1/4 (95.6–99.4%)

2/4 (98.7–100%)

  1. Repeatability index for TRACE2: intra-rater 47–49%, inter-rater 47–50%.