BACKGROUND To investigate the effectiveness of upper limb rehabilitation, sound measures of upper limb function, capacity, and performance are paramount. OBJECTIVES This systematic review investigates reliability and responsiveness of upper limb measurement tools used in pediatric neurorehabilitation. METHODS A 2-tiered search was conducted up to July 2014. The first search identified upper...

Hypertension and obesity are the acknowledged risk factors of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular diseases. To prevent hypertension or obesity, it is beneficial to identify “prehypertensives” earlier in life and to control the body mass in long term. Therefore, tracking of blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) appears to be paramount. However, the measurement errors are often not ...

The problem of sensor placement is considered. The quality of diagnosis depends on the number and location of measurements. We first deal with this dependence by analysing the observability. The concepts of degree of redundancy is introduced. The criterion of reliability is useful for designer to enhance the reliability of the measurement system. When some variables are required for the control...

1 SUMMARY A new frequency-domain grouping robust fault diagnosis (GRFD) scheme, based on the design for both grouping-robust estimation/evaluation of component variation rate and Boolean-based decision process, is proposed for solving fault diagnosis of large-scale analog circuits with uncertainties, including both component tolerances and measurement errors. In this scheme, first, grouping-rob...

Continued improvements of transceiver systems-on-a-chip play a key role in the advancement of mobile telecommunication products as well as wireless systems in biomedical and remote sensing applications. This dissertation addresses the problems of escalating CMOS process variability and system complexity that diminish the reliability and testability of integrated systems, especially relating to ...

BACKGROUND The current investigation examined the inter- and intra-tester reliability of knee joint angle measurements using a flexible Penny and Giles Biometric electrogoniometer. The clinical utility of electrogoniometry was also addressed. METHODS The first study examined the inter- and intra-tester reliability of measurements of knee joint angles in supine, sitting and standing in 35 heal...

Analytic flexibility is known to influence the results of statistical tests, e.g. effect sizes and p-values. Yet, degree which in data processing decisions influences measurement reliability unknown. In this paper I attempt address question using a series 36 multiverse analyses, each with 288 specifications, including accuracy response time cut-offs. used from Stroop task Flanker at two points,...