Table 2.

Baseline and change scores for exercise 1 and 2 for the two readers including reliability and sensitivity to change.

VariablesExercise 1Exercise 2Exercise 1 vs 2Exercise 2
BaselineBaselineBaselineChange Score Week 0–12
ScoreReliabilityScoreReliabilityReliabilityScoreReliabilitySensitivity to Change
Scoring method and scan planeMean (SD)Mean (SD)ICC (interreader)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)ICC (interreader)ICC (intrareader)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)ICC (interreader)SDCSDC-HOS (%)SDC-HPS (%)SDD
Reader121 vs 2121 vs 21 vs 12 vs 2121 vs 2
Semicoronal
Berlin (0–24)3.2 (5.3)3.4 (5.8)0.972.8 (5.2)3.8 (5.9)0.920.960.97−1.2 (2.6)−1.5 (3.1)0.871.45.95.92.9
SPARCC (0–72)7.0 (11.9)7.4 (12.4)0.986.4 (12.0)8.8 (14.3)0.920.960.96−2.5 (6.7)−3.6 (8.1)0.893.26.44.56.5
Global (0–8)1.8 (2.5)1.9 (2.5)0.981.6 (2.3)2.1 (2.6)0.900.940.93−0.6 (1.3)−0.6 (1.3)0.770.910.710.71.4
Semiaxial
Berlin (0–24)2.2 (3.9)3.9 (5.4)0.792.8 (4.5)3.6 (5.8)0.880.950.93−1.0 (2.5)−1.3 (2.8)0.502.612.410.93.4
SPARCC (0–96)6.3 (12.1)8.0 (11.8)0.916.7 (11.4)8.0 (13.6)0.920.970.92−3.1 (7.3)−2.8 (7.1)0.785.59.85.76.8
Global (0–8)1.4 (2.2)2.2 (2.5)0.771.8 (2.2)1.9 (2.5)0.830.920.85−0.6 (1.4)−0.5 (1.2)0.331.518.618.61.9
  • p < 0.0001 for interreader and intrareader ICC. All comparisons of baseline and change scores between reader 1 and 2 analyzed by independent t test were nonsignificant. ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; SDC: smallest detectable change; SDC-HOS: SDC as a percentage of the highest observed score of the scoring method; SDC-HPS: SDC as a percentage of the highest possible score of the scoring method; SDD: smallest detectable difference; SPARCC: Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada.