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 ...

cSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia dCurtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia ...

Introduction Safe anaesthesia care is a fundamental part of healthcare. In a previous study, registered nurse anaesthetists (RNAs) had the highest task frequency, with the largest amount of ...

Purpose: To translate, cross-culturally adapt and evaluate the clinimetric properties of the Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment for the functional evaluation of patients admitted to intensive ...

OBJECTIVE: To validate a Portuguese-language version of the COPD assessment test (CAT) for use in Brazil and to assess the reproducibility of this version. METHODS: This was multicenter study ...

1 Queen Square MS Center, NMR Research Unit, Department of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK 2 Departments of Neuroinflammation, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK 3 Brain ...

Objective Ultrasonography is crucial for diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA); however, training opportunities are rare. This study tested the reliability of ultrasonography findings and measurements ...

Acute ischemic stroke is a leading cause of pediatric death and disability. A clinical scale adapted for children can ensure early detection of candidates for urgent acute ischemic stroke treatment.

Objective To assess the diagnostic accuracy of radiography (X-ray, XR), CT and MRI of the sacroiliac joints for diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods 163 patients (89 with axSpA; 74 ...