A new efficient trial design for assessing reliability of ankle-brachial index measures by three different observer groups

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Endres, Heinz G ^a   Hucke, Christian ^a   Holland Letz, Tim ^a   Trampisch, Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; VARIANCE; VOLUNTEER; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33748642374     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-6-33     Document Type: Article

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