Twenty studies examining the reliability of assessment devices and outcome measures in therapeutic research were reviewed and analyzed. The 20 investigations contained 215 quantitative reliability values published in either the American Journal of Occupational Therapy or Physical Therapy during the past 5 years. The reliability studies were classified as interrater, intrarater, test-retest, or ...

In clinical practice, patients' balance can be assessed using standard scales. Two of the most validated clinical tests for measuring balance are the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and the MultiDirectional Reach Test (MDRT). Nowadays, inertial sensors (IS) are employed for kinematic analysis of functional tests in the clinical setting, and have become an alternative to expensive, 3D optical motion ...

In medicine and social sciences, data are often collected in the form of nominal or ordinal scale of measurement. When data are collected in form of interval or ratio scale of measurement they are usually reduced into either nominal or ordinal form for easy analysis,; thus, this work considered the possible effect of loss of information in reducing scales of measurement when data in form of int...

Antibiotic consumption and population density as a measure of crowding in the community were related to the prevalence of antibiotic resistance of three cities in three different countries: St Johns in Newfoundland (Canada), Athens in Greece and Groningen in The Netherlands. Antibiotic consumption was expressed in DDD (defined daily dose), as DID (DDD/1000 inhabitants/day) and as DSD (DDD/km(2)...