Test-retest reliability of pulse amplitude tonometry measures of vascular endothelial function: Implications for clinical trial design

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  McCrea, Cindy E ^a   Skulas Ray, Ann C ^a   Chow, Mosuk ^a   West, Sheila G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EndoPAT; experimental design; peripheral arterial tonometry; pulse amplitude tonometry; reactive hyperemia index; repeatability; RHI; test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVICES; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE AMPLITUDE TONOMETRY; PULSE WAVE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84857586491     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11433188     Document Type: Article

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