AIMS exams should be routine, even when using telemedicine, experts say ...

Proper statistical analysis begins with understanding the specific comparison being made. Common mistakes often stem from ...

Objectives Evaluation of the inter-rater reliability of clinical assessment methods for pelvic floor muscles and diastasis recti abdominis post partum. Design A multicentre inter-rater reliability ...

Background: In football there are established age-related tournaments for males and females to guarantee equal chances within the game for all the different age groups. To prevent participation in the ...

Dr A I Grouse, Department of Emergency Medicine, Nepean Hospital, PO Box 63, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; grousea{at}wahs.nsw.gov.au Background: The Australasian Triage Scale is a simple five-point ...

Inter-rater reliability (IRR) quantifies the consistency of measurements or classifications assigned by multiple observers to the same set of items. Central to IRR analysis is the distinction between ...

Abstract: Accurate evaluation of bradykinesia plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and therapy effect of Parkinson’s disease. However, the subjective assessment shows low consistency among different ...

9 Amsterdam Centre for Evidence Based Sports Medicine (ACES), Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr M Winters, Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science & Sports ...

Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Women Younger Than 50 Years: Comparing American Joint Committee on Cancer Anatomic and Prognostic Stages With Partitioning Around Medoids Clusters in SEER Data Large ...

Aim: Many studies have been performed on the methodological qualities of the (modified) Ashworth Scale but overall these studies seem inconclusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...

2 Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Objectives Record review is the most used method to quantify patient safety. We ...