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Four examiners (two experienced, two non-experienced) independently extracted spatiotemporal parameters and hip, knee, and ankle joint angles at different gait events using Kinovea. Inter-rater reliability was assessed with intraclass correlation coefficients (two-way mixed-effects, absolute agreement; ICC [3,1]) with 95% confidence intervals, and measurement error was quantified using the standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimal detectable change (MDC95). Agreement between expert and non-expert examiners was explored using Bland\u2013Altman plots for representative variables. Mean values were descriptively compared with established three-dimensional reference values.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Global spatiotemporal descriptors demonstrated excellent reliability with minimal error and limited dependence on examiner expertise (walking speed ICC = 0.96; cadence ICC = 0.98; stride length ICC = 0.96). In contrast, temporal gait phase variables showed poor reliability overall (ICC \u2248 0.31\u20130.43), with higher\u2014but still limited\u2014agreement among experienced raters. Joint kinematics exhibited joint- and event-dependent reliability following a proximal-to-distal gradient: hip angles showed the highest consistency (ICC up to 0.88), knee angles moderate-to-good agreement (ICC \u2248 0.65\u20130.85), and ankle angles the greatest variability, particularly for event-dependent measures (e.g., opposite toe-off ICC = 0.45). Bland\u2013Altman analyses revealed negligible bias for spatiotemporal outcomes but wider limits of agreement for kinematic variables. Mean values were biomechanically coherent, although systematic differences in joint angles were observed when compared with 3D reference data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In healthy young adults, a smartphone- and Kinovea-based workflow can provide reliable spatiotemporal gait metrics and moderate-to-good reliability for selected proximal kinematics, whereas temporal gait phase variables and distal joint angles remain less reliable and should be interpreted cautiously in longitudinal or multi-examiner contexts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fbioe.2026.1815411","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]],"date-time":"2026-07-20T05:34:41Z","timestamp":1784525681000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Accessible 2D video-based system for gait kinematic analysis: an inter-rater reliability study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Albert","family":"Puig-Div\u00ed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull","place":["Barcelona, Spain"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Llu\u00eds","family":"Costa-Tutusaus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull","place":["Barcelona, Spain"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juanjo","family":"Garc\u00eda-Gil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull","place":["Barcelona, Spain"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Sartori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull","place":["Barcelona, Spain"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Javier","family":"Pica\u00f1ol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, TecnoCampus University Center, Pompeu Fabra University","place":["Barcelona, Spain"]},{"name":"Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona","place":["Barcelona, Spain"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"29500","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-024-78900-7","article-title":"Utilization of motor imagery training for improvement of balance of ataxic children after medulloblastoma resection","volume":"14","author":"Alsakhawi","year":"2024","journal-title":"Sci. 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