The distinction between benign and malignant cartilaginous tumors located peripherally in the bone may be a challenging task in surgical pathology. The aim of this study was to investigate ...

The work has been presented at The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauterdale, Florida, May 1999. Purpose To evaluate inter- and intraobserver ...

The study of a wide range of topics covered by clinical research studies relies on data obtained by observational measures. These include observations of individuals (adults, children, but could also ...

Establishing reliable palpatory tests continues to be a critical, yet elusive, step in osteopathic medical research and evidence-based clinical practice. Subjects (N=119) were recruited from the ...

Background Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) is an imaging technique proved to be valid in several musculoskeletal conditions. In osteoarthritis (OA) it allows the identification of inflammation and ...

The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is the recommended functional outcome assessment in stroke trials. Utility of mRS may be limited by interobserver variability. prestroke function, described using mRS, ...

Objectives: To describe clinical examination techniques for groin pain in athletes and evaluate the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of these. Methods: Eighteen athletes, nine with sports ...

The Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) clinical classification of subtypes of cerebral infarction (total and partial anterior circulation infarction, lacunar infarction, and posterior ...

The following is a summary of “Intra- and Interobserver Reliability of Shear Wave Elastography in Breast Cancer Diagnosis,” published in the September 2023 issue of Oncology by Togawa et al. Shear ...

Background Standardized and validated outcome measures of disease activity are lacking in the treatment and assessment of uveitis, making it difficult to compare efficacy and response to treatment. In ...

This study aims to evaluate the effect of surgical experience on reliability for Boyd-Griffin, Evans/Jensen, Evans, Orthopaedic Trauma Association (main and subgroups), and Tronzo classification ...

Background Very low body mass, extreme mass changes, and extremely low per cent body fat are becoming increasingly common in many sports, but sufficiently reliable and accurate field methods for body ...