Pitfalls and important issues in testing reliability using lntraclass correlation coefficients in orthopaedic research

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Lee, Kyoung Min ^a   Lee, Jaebong ^a   Chung, Chin Youb ^a   Ahn, Soyeon ^a   Sung, Ki Hyuk ^a   Kim, Tae Won ^a   Lee, Hui Jong ^a   Park, Moon Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lntraclass correlation coefficient; Orthopaedic research; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862552050     PISSN: 2005291X     EISSN: 20054408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2012.4.2.149     Document Type: Article

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