BACKGROUND Infrared thermography is an aid tool that can be used to evaluate several pathologies given its efficiency in analyzing the distribution of skin surface temperature. OBJECTIVES To propose two forms of infrared image analysis of the masticatory and upper trapezius muscles, and to determine the intra and inter-rater reliability of both forms of analysis. METHOD Infrared images of m...

Objectives: Evaluate intra-rater and inter-rater variabilities of the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS) explore potential factors variability. Study Design: Prospective test hypothesis. Setting: University tertiary referral center. Participants/Methods: video recordings 20 patients with variable degrees peripheral facial palsy (PFP) were anonymized then presented to 31 independents raters...

Raters play a central role in rater-mediated assessment, and rater variability manifested in various forms including rater errors contributes to construct-irrelevant variance which can adversely affect an examinee’s test score. Halo effect as a subcomponent of rater errors is one of the most pervasive errors which, if not detected, can result in obscuring an examinee’s score and threatening val...

OBJECTIVES To establish the inter- and intra-rater reliability of the Netball Movement Screening Tool, for screening adolescent female netball players. DESIGN Inter- and intra-rater reliability study. METHODS Forty secondary school netball players were recruited to take part in the study. Twenty subjects were screened simultaneously and independently by two raters to ascertain inter-rater a...

BACKGROUND The abstraction of data from medical records is a widespread practice in epidemiological research. However, studies using this means of data collection rarely report reliability. Within the Transition after Childhood Cancer Study (TaCC) which is based on a medical record abstraction, we conducted a second independent abstraction of data with the aim to assess a) intra-rater reliabili...

objectives: the main purpose of this research was to study and contribute to an accurate test of spastic limb. the intra, inter rater reliability of the test was examined. methods: the present study was carried out in two parts in the first part of the study, the modified ashworth scale with intermediate scores (asis) was studied. during the second part of the study the intra, inter rater relia...

OBJECTIVE To examine the intra-rater, inter-rater, and inter-instrumental reliability of the digitalized pinch muscle strength dynamometer. METHOD Thirty normal subjects were examined for pinch strength, using both the Preston pinch gauge and the digitalized pinch dynamometer. The participants performed all pinch strength tests in the seated position as recommended by the American Society of ...

Purpose: To investigate the reliability of Functional Movement Screen (FMS) in basketball players. A few studies have compared the reliability of FMS between raters with different experience in athletes. The purpose of this study was to compare the FMS scoring between the beginners and expert raters using video records.  Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. The study subjects compris...