Sunnybrook and House-Brackmann Facial Grading Systems: Intrarater repeatability and interrater agreement

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 865-871

  Kanerva, Mervi ^a   Poussa, Tuija ^b   Pitkäranta, Anne ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b STAT Consulting   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNNYBROOK AND HOUSE BRACKMANN FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING;

BELL PALSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33751402196     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.05.748     Document Type: Article

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