BACKGROUND The Koshino (KI) and Caton-Deschamps (CDI) indices are used to measure patellar height in children, with the CDI showing excellent reliability in typically developing (TD) children. Reliability of such measures in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and spina bifida (SB) is unknown. METHODS Lateral knee radiographs were reviewed retrospectively for children with TD (n = 49), CP (n = ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the Erasmus MC modifications to the Nottingham Sensory Assessment (EmNSA). SUBJECTS A consecutive sample of 18 inpatients, with a mean age of 57.7 years, diagnosed with an intracranial disorder and referred for physiotherapy. SETTING The inpatient neurology and neurosurgery wards of a university hospital. DESIGN Throu...

BACKGROUND Reproducibility measurements of the range of motion are an important prerequisite for the interpretation of study results. The aim of the study is to assess the intra-rater and inter-rater reproducibility of the measurement of active Range of Motion (ROM) in patients with neck pain using the Cybex Electronic Digital Inclinometer-320 (EDI-320). METHODS In an outpatient clinic in a p...

Objective Several lower limb tendinopathy treatment modalities involve identification of pathological paratendinous or intratendinous neovascularisation to target proposed co-location of painful neoneuralisation. The ability to reliably locate and assess the degree of neovascularity is therefore clinically important. The Modified Ohberg Score (MOS) is frequently used to determine degree of neov...

The need for clinicians to use evidence-based practices (such as cognitive behavior therapy [CBT]) is now well recognized. However, a gap exists between the need for empirically based treatments and their availability. This is due, in part, to a shortage of clinicians formally trained on CBT. To address this problem, we developed a Web-based therapist CBT training program, to increase accessibi...

BACKGROUND the scoliometer was developed to analyze the axial rotation of the trunk in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. However, there is controversy regarding the reliability of the measures obtained with this device. OBJECTIVES to test the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the scoliometer in patients with scoliosis. METHODS 24 volunteers of both sex with idiopathic scoliosis d...

OBJECTIVE To compare the immediate and delayed effects of implicit and explicit training methods for everyday skills in patients with dementia. DESIGN Counterbalanced self-controlled cases series. SUBJECTS Convenience sample of 10 patients with dementia (Mini-Mental State Examination score between 15 and 26) and 16 age- and education-matched controls. INTERVENTION Two everyday tasks (usin...

Background: Modern radiotherapy requires accurate contouring which may suffer in the postsurgical setting. We estimated post-prostatectomy interand intra-rater contouring reliability and assessed the effect on bladder and rectal normal tissue complication probability (NTCP). Methods: Four physicians each contoured two different treatment plans, separated by at least seven days, on 15 patients r...