OBJECTIVE To evaluate inter-rater and intra-rater agreement on the Nordic Orofacial Test-Screening (NOT-S) examination applied to children, adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Using the NOT-S examination, two speech and language pathologists independently assessed video recordings of 48 subjects with CP aged 5-22 years and representing all CP sub-diagn...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Lungeing is an important part of lameness examinations as the circular path may accentuate low-grade lameness. Movement asymmetries related to the circular path, to compensatory movements and to pain make the lameness evaluation complex. Scientific studies have shown high inter-rater variation when assessing lameness during straight line movement. OBJECTIVES The a...

In team handball, the individual match performance of each player is essential for winning games; however, a validated analysis system still lacking. Consequently, aim study was to justify (1) different relevant variables and their scoring within (PlayerScore), (2) determine intra-rater reliability validity PlayerScore, (3) influence rater in relation degree expertise level. Six games (three Sp...

PURPOSE To evaluate inter- and intra-rater reliability for the interpretation of MTI Photoscreener photographs taken in a population of Native American preschool children with a high prevalence of astigmatism. METHODS Photographs of 369 children were rated by 11 nonexpert and 3 expert raters. Photographs for each child were scored as pass, refer, or retake. Nonexpert raters scored photos on t...

The repeatability of instrumented assessments of postero-anterior (PA) movements has been reported previously for lumbar and thoracic spines, but only in relation to limited parameters of the movement. This study describes a device for measuring PA movements of the cervical spine and reports on repeatability of the entire force/displacement (FD) curves. Repeatability was assessed using coeffici...

BACKGROUND Cervical proprioception is a common term used in neck rehabilitation, and it is examined using neutral head position (NHP) and target head position (THP) tests. OBJECTIVE To investigate intra- and inter-rater reliability of the NHP and THP tests in patients with neck pain and in healthy controls. METHODS The intra-rater (between-day) and inter-rater (within-day) reliability of th...

BACKGROUND The elderly EXERNET multi-centre study aims to collect normative anthropometric data for old functionally independent adults living in Spain. PURPOSE To describe the standardization process and reliability of the anthropometric measurements carried out in the pilot study and during the final workshop, examining both intra- and inter-rater errors for measurements. MATERIALS AND ME...

This paper provides an overview of e-rater®, a state-of-the-art automated essay scoring system developed at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). E-rater is used as part of the operational scoring of two high-stakes graduate admissions programs: the GRE® General Test and the TOEFL iBT® assessments. E-rater is also used to provide score reporting and diagnostic feedback in Criterion SM , ETS’s ...

BACKGROUND The comprehensive ICF Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a selection of 96 categories from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), representing relevant aspects in the functioning of RA patients. OBJECTIVES To study the reliability of the ICF Core Set for RA in rheumatological practice, and to explore the metric of the qualifiers' scale....

There have been few studies that evaluate the reliability of the clinical use of pulse diagnosis despite it being a fundamental part of Oriental medicine diagnostics. The objective of this study was to determine the levels of intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of practitioners using an operationally defined method, Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis (CCPD), to evaluate the radial pulse o...