Multirater Agreement of Arthroscopic Grading of Knee Articular Cartilage
- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 33 (11), 1654-1657
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546505275129
Abstract
Background Acute and chronic cartilage injury of the knee has an important impact on prognosis. The validity of the classification of such injuries is critical for prospective multicenter studies. The agreement among multiple surgeons at different institutions for articular cartilage lesions has not been established. Hypothesis Arthroscopic classification of articular cartilage lesions is reliable and reproducible and can be used for multicenter studies involving multiple surgeons. Study Design Cohort study (diagnosis); Level of evidence, 1. Methods A total of 6 surgeons from 5 centers reviewed 31 videos of articular cartilage lesions. With grade 2 and grade 3 combined for the analysis, observed agreement ranged from 81% to 94%, and kappa ranged from 0.34 to 0.87. An additional 22 videos comprising grade 2 and grade 3 lesions were analyzed, and the observed agreement was 80%, with an overall kappa of 0.47. Conclusion Arthroscopic grading of articular cartilage lesions is reproducible among surgeons at different centers. Clinical Relevance Articular cartilage lesions can be reliably classified among surgeons at different sites. Such reliability is important for multicenter clinical research studies involving arthroscopic knee surgery.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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