Reliability testing of a new scar assessment tool, Matching Assessment of Scars and Photographs (MAPS)

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-284

  Masters, Margot ^a   McMahon, Margaret ^a   Svens, Birgit ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; KENDALL TAU C METHOD; MATCHING ASSESSMENT SCARS AND PHOTOGRAPHS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCAR THICKNESS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN SURFACE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BURNS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 19544386467     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000162157.26052.66     Document Type: Article

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