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On somatic symptoms measurement: The scale for assessment of somatic symptoms revisited

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2015
Background: Scale for assessment of somatic symptoms (SASS) has been widely used for assessing somatic complaints since many years. With impending changes in the classificatory system on somatoform disorders, we re- assessed the test-retest reliability ...
Geetha Desai, Santhosh K Chaturvedi, Ajit Dahale, Palaniappan Marimuthu   +3 more
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Ultrasound Imaging Analysis of the Lumbar Multifidus Muscle Echo Intensity: Intra-Rater and Inter-Rater Reliability of a Novice and an Experienced Rater

Medicina, 2021
Background and Objectives: Ultrasound echo intensity (EI) of the lumbar multifidus muscle (LMM) could offer valuable insights regarding muscle quality in people with low back pain (LBP).
Maryse Fortin, Brent Rosenstein, Jerome Levesque, Neil Nandlall   +3 more
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Intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Knee Society Knee Score when used by two physiotherapists in patients post total knee arthroplasty

South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2010
Background and Purpose: It has yet to be shown whether routine physiotherapy plays a role in the rehabilitation of patients post totalknee arthroplasty (Rajan et al 2004).
S. Gopal, W. Wood, H. Myezwa, A. Stewart
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Reliability and Construct Validity of the Yale Pharyngeal Residue Severity Rating Scale: Performance on Videos and Effect of Bolus Consistency

Diagnostics, 2022
The Yale Pharyngeal Residue Severity Rating Scale (YPRSRS) provides an image-based assessment of pharyngeal residue in the fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Its performance was investigated only in FEES frames.
Sara Rocca, Nicole Pizzorni, Nadia Valenza, Luca Negri, Antonio Schindler   +4 more
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Comparison between Inter-rater Reliability and Inter-rater Agreement in Performance Assessment

Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2010
Introduction: Over the years, performance assessment (PA) has been widely employed in medical education, Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) being an excellent example. Typically, performance assessment involves multiple raters, and therefore, consistency among the scores provided by the auditors is a precondition to ensure the accuracy of
Shih Chieh, Liao, Elizabeth A, Hunt, Walter, Chen   +2 more
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Reproducibility of African giant pouched rats detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background African pouched rats sniffing sputum samples provided by local clinics have significantly increased tuberculosis case findings in Tanzania and Mozambique. The objective of this study was to determine the reproducibility of rat results. Methods
Haylee Ellis, Christiaan Mulder, Emilio Valverde, Alan Poling, Timothy Edwards   +4 more
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Inter- and intra-rater reliability of swimming teachers with different skill levels, in different conditions, evaluating front crawl arm movement in non-expert swimmers

Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica, 2020
Aim: This study aimed (i) to test the inter-rater reliability of swimming teachers, (ii) to test the swimming teacher's discussion effect on inter-rater reliability and (iii) to verify the intra-rater swimming teacher's reliability.
Guilherme Tucher, Gustavo Ferreira Quintão, Nuno Domingos Garrido, Flávio Antônio de Souza Castro   +3 more
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Standardized voluntary force measurement in a lower extremity rehabilitation robot

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2008
Background Isometric force measurements in the lower extremity are widely used in rehabilitation of subjects with neurological movement disorders (NMD) because walking ability has been shown to be related to muscle strength.
Bolliger Marc, Banz Raphael, Dietz Volker, Lünenburger Lars   +3 more
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Reliability and Inter-rater Reliability in Qualitative Research [PDF]

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2019
What does reliability mean for building a grounded theory? What about when writing an auto-ethnography? When is it appropriate to use measures like inter-rater reliability (IRR)? Reliability is a familiar concept in traditional scientific practice, but how, and even whether to establish reliability in qualitative research is an oft-debated question ...
Nora McDonald, Sarita Schoenebeck, Andrea Forte   +2 more
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Validity and Inter-rater Reliability of the Scoring Rubrics for the Science Teacher TPACK Test Instrument

Jurnal Penelitian dan Pembelajaran IPA, 2022
This study examined the content validity of the scoring rubric instrument for measuring science teachers’ TPACK and the inter-rater reliability in using the instrument.
Raden Ahmad Hadian Adhy Permana, Ari Widodo   +1 more
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