SciELO

Relationship between the Widespread Pain Index and the PainMAP software for pain sites measurement in patients with Widespread Pain

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Identifying pain sites is essential to managing patients with Widespread Pain. Several instruments have been developed, including pain drawings, a grid system and ...
SciELO

Scales of degree of facial paralysis: analysis of agreement ☆ ☆☆

INTRODUCTION: It has become common to use scales to measure the degree of involvement of facial paralysis in phonoaudiological clinics. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the inter- and intra-rater agreement of ...
BMJ

Generative artificial intelligence-driven chatbots and medical misinformation: an accuracy, referencing and readability audit

Objectives Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chatbots have been rapidly adopted across research, education, business, marketing and medicine. Most interactions, however, come from non-experts using ...
BMJ

Longitudinal cohort study of the association between labral pathology and cartilage loss in high-impact athletes: the FORCe study

Objective Labral tears are common in young adults participating in high-impact physical activity. No longitudinal studies have investigated whether labral tears expedite cartilage loss. This ...
BMJ

Physical examination tests of the shoulder: a systematic review with meta-analysis of individual tests

Objective: To compile and critique research on the diagnostic accuracy of individual orthopaedic physical examination tests in a manner that would allow clinicians to judge whether these tests are ...
BMJ

Clinical assessment of pelvic floor and abdominal muscles 3 months post partum: an inter-rater reliability study

Objectives Evaluation of the inter-rater reliability of clinical assessment methods for pelvic floor muscles and diastasis recti abdominis post partum. Design A multicentre inter-rater reliability ...
ahajournals.org

Cerebral Infarct Growth: Pathophysiology, Pragmatic Assessment, and Clinical Implications

Cerebral ischemic injury occurs when blood flow drops below a critical level, resulting in an energy failure. The progressive transformation of hypoperfused viable tissue, the ischemic penumbra, into ...
BMJ

Ultrasonographic assessment of osteophytes in 127 patients with hand osteoarthritis: exploring reliability and associations with MRI, radiographs and clinical joint findings

Correspondence to Alexander Mathiessen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, PO Box 23, Vinderen, Oslo 0319, Norway; alexander_mathiessen{at}hotmail.com Objective To investigate the ...
qualitysafety.bmj

Hospital doctors' workflow interruptions and activities: an observation study

Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany Correspondence to Matthias Weigl, Institute and Outpatient ...
BMJ

Novel ultrasonographic Halo Score for giant cell arteritis: assessment of diagnostic accuracy and association with ocular ischaemia

Objectives Ultrasound of temporal and axillary arteries may reveal vessel wall inflammation in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). We developed a ultrasound scoring system to quantify the extent ...
Frontiers

CARE Model Assessment for school-age children who stutter: An overview and preliminary findings

4.4.2.2.2 Interrater reliability of clinician ratings (intra-class correlation, or ICC) We conducted an interrater reliability analysis to assess the consistency of clinicians’ communication ratings ...
The Lancet

Trauma-focused therapy integrated with cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis for people with post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis (the STAR trial): a multicentre ...

eComplex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK fPsychosis Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, ...