OBJECTIVE Subclinical status for functional limitation and disability help explain pathways to difficulties with functional limitation and disability, but data on their measurement stability are minimal. We evaluated the reproducibility of measuring subclinical status in a random subset of 92 community-dwelling St. Louis African Americans aged 49 to 65 years old. METHODS We examined test-rete...

Odor and lateralization (irritation) thresholds (LTs) for ammonia vapor were measured using static and dynamic olfactometry. The purpose of the study was to explore the test-retest reliability and comparability of dynamic olfactometry methodology, generally used to determine odor thresholds following European Committee for Standardization guidelines in the context of odor regulations to outside...

OBJECTIVE The rate at which people obtain reliably improved or declined cognitive test scores when retested, in the absence of a change in clinical condition, is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the prevalence of statistically reliable change scores on memory test batteries in healthy adults and older adults. METHOD Participants included three adult and older adult...

INTRODUCTION Suitable handheld dynamometer (HHD)-techniques to test hip abduction strength in individuals with a lower extremity amputation, irrespective of their amputation level are absent. The aim of this study was to optimise a HHD-technique and to test its reproducibility and validity. METHODS This study involved three phases, in which two techniques were evaluated. Both HHD-techniques u...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess digital eye strain (DES) with the help scoring index (DESSI) in urban population. Methods: subjects were carefully selected no ocular or systemic problems that may alter results and prior written consent was obtained. This divided into two phases. Phase 1 consists reliability testing Cronbach’s alpha test-retest while phase 2 validity internal val...

Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) provides a powerful tool to examine large-scale neural networks in the human brain and their disturbances in neuropsychiatric disorders. Thanks to its low demand and high tolerance, resting state paradigms can be easily acquired from clinical population. However, due to the unconstrained nature, resting state paradigm is associated w...

OBJECTIVE To establish a grading system for bladder trabeculation. METHODS A total of 228 patients who underwent videourodynamic studies were retrospectively reviewed. All fluoroscopic images included were gathered and were classified into 4 grades of trabeculation according to maximum depth and portion of bladder surface occupied: 0 (none), 1 (mild, depth <5 mm and area <1/2 of bladder), 2 (...

The Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control (ACMC) is an observation-based tool that evaluates ability to control a myoelectric prosthetic hand. Validity evidence led to ACMC version 2.0, but the test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change (MDC) of the ACMC have never been evaluated. Investigation of rater agreements in this version was also needed because it has new definition...

AIM To examine internal consistency, test-retest reproducibility, and parent-child concordance of the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire 17.0 (DMQ) in school-aged children with congenital hemiplegia. METHOD Forty-two children (8.24 ± 2.38 years, Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) I = 23, MACS II = 19) and their parents completed the DMQ, and a subset on two occasions 2-30 days apart...

OBJECTIVE To assess the validity and test-retest reliability of a Thai translation of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) Questionnaire in Thai patients with migraine. MATERIAL AND METHOD Migraineurs from the Headache Clinic in Siriraj Hospital were recruited and asked to complete a 13-weeks diary and answered the Thai-MIDAS at once. Some participants were asked to provide the 2nd Thai...