The Allen test: A study of inter-observer reliability

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-101

  Vu Rose, Taryn ^a   Ebramzadeh, Edward ^a   Lane, Charles S ^a   Kuschner, Stuart H ^a,b  

^a Santa Monica Orthopaedic Group   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Diagnosis; Hand; Reliability and validity study; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES;

ALLEN TEST; INTER OBSERVER RELIABILITY;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0030791510     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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