Inter- and intraobserver agreement on the Load Sharing Classification of thoracolumbar spine fractures. 2012

Matthijs Elzinga, and Michiel Segers, and Jan Siebenga, and Emile Heilbron, and E S M de Lange-de Klerk, and Fred Bakker
Department of Trauma Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. matthijs.elzinga@gmail.com

The Load Sharing Classification (LSC) allocates one to three points to each of three different radiological characteristics of traumatic thoracolumbar fractures: the vertebral body involved in the fracture, the displacement of the fracture parts and the kyphotic deformity. Added up, a minimal score of three and a maximal score of nine can be obtained. When the LSC score is three to six, a short segment pedicle screw fixation suffices. When the LSC score is seven to nine, a high rate of failure in patients with a short segment pedicle screw fixation exists. In these cases an anterior stabilising procedure of the spine is advised. The LSC has been examined by Dai and Jin, who claim an almost perfect inter- and intraobserver agreement, according to the Landis and Koch criteria. Dai and Jin only present results for the separate three items of the LSC and for the total LSC scores. Observer agreement for the two LSC score categories (three to six and seven to nine) have not been studied. The aim of this study is to study the inter- and intraobserver agreement of the LSC for the total score, the three separate items and also for the two LSC score categories. Three observers determine twice the LSC scores of forty traumatic thoracolumbar fractures. The average standard Cohen's kappa values for the separate LSC items range between 0.06 and 0.48. For the total LSC score the average standard Cohen's kappa and weighted kappa values are 0.22 and 0.67 respectively. For the two LSC score categories, there is unanimous agreement in 55% of the cases and a majority agreement in 40%. In the remaining 5% of the fractures there is a split decision. Standard Cohen's kappa value for the two LSC score categories is 0.53. The standard Cohen's kappa values can be rated as fair to moderate. From these data it can be concluded that the inter- and intraobserver reliability of the Load Sharing Classification of Spinal fractures can be rated as fair.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008159 Lumbar Vertebrae VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE. Vertebrae, Lumbar
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013223 Statistics as Topic Works about the science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation. Area Analysis,Estimation Technics,Estimation Techniques,Indirect Estimation Technics,Indirect Estimation Techniques,Multiple Classification Analysis,Service Statistics,Statistical Study,Statistics, Service,Tables and Charts as Topic,Analyses, Area,Analyses, Multiple Classification,Area Analyses,Classification Analyses, Multiple,Classification Analysis, Multiple,Estimation Technic, Indirect,Estimation Technics, Indirect,Estimation Technique,Estimation Technique, Indirect,Estimation Techniques, Indirect,Indirect Estimation Technic,Indirect Estimation Technique,Multiple Classification Analyses,Statistical Studies,Studies, Statistical,Study, Statistical,Technic, Indirect Estimation,Technics, Estimation,Technics, Indirect Estimation,Technique, Estimation,Technique, Indirect Estimation,Techniques, Estimation,Techniques, Indirect Estimation
D013904 Thoracic Vertebrae A group of twelve VERTEBRAE connected to the ribs that support the upper trunk region. Vertebrae, Thoracic
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face
D015233 Models, Statistical Statistical formulations or analyses which, when applied to data and found to fit the data, are then used to verify the assumptions and parameters used in the analysis. Examples of statistical models are the linear model, binomial model, polynomial model, two-parameter model, etc. Probabilistic Models,Statistical Models,Two-Parameter Models,Model, Statistical,Models, Binomial,Models, Polynomial,Statistical Model,Binomial Model,Binomial Models,Model, Binomial,Model, Polynomial,Model, Probabilistic,Model, Two-Parameter,Models, Probabilistic,Models, Two-Parameter,Polynomial Model,Polynomial Models,Probabilistic Model,Two Parameter Models,Two-Parameter Model
D015588 Observer Variation The failure by the observer to measure or identify a phenomenon accurately, which results in an error. Sources for this may be due to the observer's missing an abnormality, or to faulty technique resulting in incorrect test measurement, or to misinterpretation of the data. Two varieties are inter-observer variation (the amount observers vary from one another when reporting on the same material) and intra-observer variation (the amount one observer varies between observations when reporting more than once on the same material). Bias, Observer,Interobserver Variation,Intraobserver Variation,Observer Bias,Inter-Observer Variability,Inter-Observer Variation,Interobserver Variability,Intra-Observer Variability,Intra-Observer Variation,Intraobserver Variability,Inter Observer Variability,Inter Observer Variation,Inter-Observer Variabilities,Inter-Observer Variations,Interobserver Variabilities,Interobserver Variations,Intra Observer Variability,Intra Observer Variation,Intra-Observer Variabilities,Intra-Observer Variations,Intraobserver Variabilities,Intraobserver Variations,Observer Variations,Variabilities, Inter-Observer,Variabilities, Interobserver,Variabilities, Intra-Observer,Variabilities, Intraobserver,Variability, Inter-Observer,Variability, Interobserver,Variability, Intra-Observer,Variability, Intraobserver,Variation, Inter-Observer,Variation, Interobserver,Variation, Intra-Observer,Variation, Intraobserver,Variation, Observer,Variations, Inter-Observer,Variations, Interobserver,Variations, Intra-Observer,Variations, Intraobserver,Variations, Observer
D016103 Spinal Fractures Broken bones in the vertebral column. Hangman Fracture,Hangman's Fracture,Fracture, Hangman,Fracture, Hangman's,Fracture, Spinal,Fractures, Spinal,Hangmans Fracture,Spinal Fracture
D016474 Weight-Bearing The physical state of supporting an applied load. This often refers to the weight-bearing bones or joints that support the body's weight, especially those in the spine, hip, knee, and foot. Load-Bearing,Axial Loading,Loadbearing,Weightbearing,Axial Loadings,Load Bearing,Weight Bearing

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