Interobserver reliability in Pirani clubfoot severity scoring between a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon and a physiotherapy assistant

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 366-368

  Shaheen, Samir ^a   Jaiballa, Hiba ^b   Pirani, Shafique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Khartoum Cheshire Home   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

interobserver reliability; orthopaedic surgeons; physiotherapy assistant; Pirani clubfoot severity score

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLUBFOOT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ASSISTANT; PIRANI CLUBFOOT SEVERITY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CLUBFOOT; CONTRACTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862200227     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3283514183     Document Type: Article

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