Objectives To explore agreement among healthcare professionals assessing eligibility for
work disability benefits. Design Systematic review and narrative synthesis of reproducibility …

Objective: To systematically review evidence for the reliability of real-time brightness-mode
ultrasound for assessing skeletal muscle size in human limbs in vivo and to establish in …

BACKGROUND: The Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) is a novel bowel cleanliness
rating scale that has undergone partial validation previously. OBJECTIVE: To fully validate …

High quality instruments are useful tools for clinical and research purposes. To determine
whether an instrument has high quality, measurement properties such as reliability and …

Abstract Background Consensus-orientated Delphi studies are increasingly used in various
areas of medical research using a variety of different rating scales and criteria for reaching …

Purpose To test the potential of Dixon T2-weighted fat-only sequences to replace T1-
weighted sequences for the detection of bone metastases, with the hypothesis that …

Background: Hamstring flexibility measurements are of clinical relevance for the prognosis
of hamstring injury and for monitoring recovery after such injury. The active knee extension …

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a well-known risk factor for
development of knee osteoarthritis. Early identification of those patients at risk and early …

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) can cause severe and irreversible
paralysis in not only the cervical spine but also the thoracolumbar spine. To date, however …

Objectives The patient-rated wrist evaluation (PRWE) and the Disabilities of the Arm,
Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire are patient-reported outcome measures …