Determining the intra- and inter-observer reliability of screening tools used in sports injury research

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Hayen, Andrew ^a   Dennis, Rebecca J ^a,b   Finch, Caroline F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intra class correlation coefficient; Measurement error; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249331290     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.09.002     Document Type: Note

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