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 ...

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 ...

Abstract: Interobserver reliability and reproducibility are well known problems in experimental research within the social and behavioural sciences. We propose the use of formal techniques and tools ...

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide (1). Prehospital care plays a vital role in improving outcomes for paediatric TBI patients (2-5 ...

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

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 ...

The aim of this study was to assess the interobserver reliability of the measures forming the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment protocol for sows and piglets. The study was carried out at ...

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, ...

Results demonstrated that the Brazilian version of the CHOHES presented adequate test–retest and interobserver reliability when scores were considered, and can be used to evaluate clinical function of ...