Inter-rater reliability of peripheral neurological tests, reported as Cohen’s kappa (К), intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) or per cent agreement
| Reference | Four-site monofilament | 128 Hz tuning fork | Vibration perception threshold | Pinprick | Reflexes | Proprioception |
| Arshad et al23 | κ=0.33 (95% CI 0.15 to 0.51) | κ=0.58 (95% CI 0.45 to 0.71) | ||||
| Bax et al24 | (Right) κ=0.49 (95% CI 0.30 to 0.69) (Left): κ=0.51 (95% CI 0.31 to 0.71) | Biothesiometer hallux (right): κ=0.65 (95% CI 0.46 to 0.84) Hallux (left): κ=0.58 (95% CI 0.40 to 0.70) | κ=0.58 (95% CI 0.48 to 0.72) | |||
| Chew et al35 | κ=0.6 (95% CI 0.19 to 1) | |||||
| Hirschfeld et al38 | κ=0.07 (left) κ=0.007 (right) | |||||
| Lanting et al26 | κ=0.61 (95% CI 0.45 to 0.77) p<0.01 | κ=0.68 (95% CI 0.41 to 0.95), p<0.01 | Neurothesiometer κ=0.61 (95% CI 0.45 to 0.77), p<0.01 | |||
| Lasca et al27 | κ=0.86 p<0.001 | |||||
| Maser et al39 | κ=0.26 (% agreement: 75%) | κ=0.48 (% agreement: 81%) | ||||
| Paisley et al (2001)33 | Neurothesiometer κ=0.51 | κ=0.35 | ||||
| Smieja et al28 | κ=0.31 (95% CI 0.18 to 0.45) | κ=0.36 (95% CI 0.21 to 0.51) | κ=0.59 (95% CI 0.47 to 0.71) | κ=0.28 (95% CI 0.09 to 0.48) | ||
| Tentolouris et al29 | κ=0.624 (95% CI 0.524 to 0.727) κ=0.678 (95% CI 0.576 to 0.780) κ=0.615 (95% CI 0.508 to 0.722) | |||||
| van Deursen et al30 | Maxivibrometer ICC: 0.96 Biothesiometer ICC: 0.93 |