Interrater and intrarater reliability of the Semmes Weinstein aesthesiometer to assess touch pressure threshold in burn scars

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1261-1267

  Meirte, J ^a,b   Moortgat, P ^b   Truijen, S ^a   Maertens, K ^b,c   Lafaire, C ^b   De Cuyper, L ^b   Hubens, G ^a   Van Daele, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Oscare Organisation for Burns   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burn; Objective measurement; Reliability; Tactile sensation; Touch pressure threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSATION; SEMMES WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT TEST; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TOUCH; TOUCH PRESSURE THRESHOLD; BURN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; HYPESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940452893     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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