The interrater reliability of static palpation of the thoracic spine for eliciting tenderness and stiffness to test for a manipulable lesion

Table 2 Interexaminer reliability- Expanded vertebra agreement- Standardized approach to assess segmental stiffness

Spinal level	Kappa	95%CI	PABAK	95% CI	Indicates	Kappa max
T1–3	−0.13	−0.34, 0.08	− 0.24	−0.56, 0.09	Below chance agreement	−0.33
T2–4	0.04	−0.25, 0.33	0.41	0.10, 0.72	Moderate agreement	0.09
T3–5	−0.05	−0.15, 0.04	0.53	0.24, 0.81	Moderate agreement	−0.14
T4–6	−0.11	−0.20, − 0.03	0.59	0.32, 0.86	Moderate agreement	−0.13
T5–7	−0.10	− 0.17, − 0.02	0.65	0.39, 0.90	Substantial agreement	− 0.09
T6–8	− 0.06	−0.12, 0.00	0.76	0.55, 0.98	Substantial agreement	−0.06
T7–9	0.06	−0.29, 0.41	0.35	0.04, 0.67	Fair agreement	0.07
T8–10	0.30	−0.07, 0.66	0.53	0.24, 0.81	Moderate agreement	0.46
T9–11	−0.10	−0.23, 0.02	0.41	0.10, 0.72	Moderate agreement	−0.22
T10–12	−0.05	−0.15, 0.04	0.53	0.24, 0.81	Moderate agreement	−0.14

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