tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Inter-rater reliability of the Foot Posture Index (FPI-6) in the assessment of the paediatric foot"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Inter-rater reliability of the Foot Posture Index (FPI-6) in the assessment of the paediatric foot. | BioMed Central Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Research Inter-rater reliability of the Foot Posture Index FPI-6 in the assessment of the paediatric foot Stewart C Morrison and Jill Ferrari Open Access Address The University of East London Stratford Campus Water Lane London E15 4LZ UK Email Stewart C Morrison - Jill Ferrari - Corresponding author Published 21 October 2009 Received 15 June 2009 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009 2 26 doi 1757-1146-2-26 Accepted 21 October 2009 This article is available from http content 2 1 26 2009 Morrison and Ferrari licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Reliability is an integral component of clinical assessment and necessary for establishing baseline data monitoring treatment outcomes and providing robust research findings. In the podiatric literature traditional measures of foot assessment have been shown to be largely unreliable. The Foot Posture Index FPI-6 is a clinical tool used in the assessment of foot and to date there is limited research published which evaluates the reliability of this tool in children and adolescents. Method Thirty participants aged 5 - 16 years were recruited for the research. Two raters independently recorded the FPI-6 score for each participant. Results Almost perfect agreement between the two raters was identified following weighted kappa analysis Kw . Conclusion The FPI-6 is a quick simple and reliable clinical tool which has demonstrated excellent inter-rater reliability when used in the assessment of the paediatric foot. Background The clinician has become increasingly aware of the need to have valid and reliable measures of assessing foot