Inter-rater reliability of automated devices for measurement of toe systolic blood pressure and the toe brachial index

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-51

  Sonter, Jennifer ^a   Sadler, Sean ^a   Chuter, Vivienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Photoplethysmography; reliability; toe blood pressure; toe brachial index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE METER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PODIATRIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOE; TOE BRACHIAL INDEX; TOE SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOES;

EID: 84920844760     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0000000000000083     Document Type: Article

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