Reliability of Using Kinovea Program in Measuring Dominant Wrist Joint Range of Motion

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate the intra-rater and inter-rater reliabilities of the Kinovea software program for the measurement of dominant wrist joint range of motion in healthy participants. One hundred normal subjects with age ranged from 20-35 from both sex. Interrater reliability of Kinovea program tested by participation of three different raters and the Intra-rater tested by one rater measured wrist joint ROM three time using digital camera and software device in order to measure the wrist flexion, extension, abduction and adduction range of motion using the Kinovea software program. Results revealed no statistical significant difference in both inter-rater and intra-rater reliability after using Kinovea software in the measurement of wrist joint range of motion. The results of the present study indicated that the Kinovea software program was reliable in both inter and intra-rater reliability for wrist joint ROM measurement.