Test-Retest Reliability of Pain-Related Brain Activity in Healthy Controls Undergoing Experimental Thermal Pain

Background: Pes cavus foot deformity in neuromuscular disease is thought to be related to an imbalance of musculature around the foot and ankle. The most common cause of neurogenic pes cavus is Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. The aim of this investigation was to objectively quantify muscle strength and imbalance using hand-held dynamometry in patients diagnosed with CMT and pes cavus, compared to healthy controls. Methods: Muscles responsible for inversion, eversion, plantarflexion, and dorsiflexion of the foot and ankle were measured in 55 subjects (11 CMT patients with a frank pes cavus, and 44 healthy controls with normal feet) using the Nicholas hand-held dynamometer (HHD). Test-retest reliability of the HHD procedure also was determined for each of the four muscle groups in the healthy controls. Results: Test-retest reliability of the HHD procedure was excellent (ICC3,1 = 0.88 to 0.95) and the measurement error was low (SEM = 0.3 to 0.7 kg). Patients with CMT were significantly weaker than normal for all foot and ankle muscle groups tested ( p <0.001). Strength ratios of inversion-to-eversion and plantarflexion-to-dorsiflexion were significantly higher in the patients with CMT and pes cavus compared to individuals with normal foot types ( p > 0.01). Conclusions: Hand-held dynamometry is an objective and reliable instrument to measure muscle strength and imbalance in patients with CMT and a pes cavus foot deformity.

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Test-retest reliability of time-frequency measures of auditory steady-state responses in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls

NeuroImage Clinical ◽

10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101878 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. 101878 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Brian J. Roach ◽

Deepak Cyril D'Souza ◽

Judith M. Ford ◽

Daniel H. Mathalon

Keyword(s):

Steady State ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Time Frequency ◽

Steady State Responses ◽

Auditory Steady State Responses ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

State Responses

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Methodological and physiological test-retest reliability of13C-MRS glycogen measurements in liver and in skeletal muscle of patients with type 1 diabetes and matched healthy controls

NMR in Biomedicine ◽

10.1002/nbm.3531 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 796-805 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Tania Buehler ◽

Lia Bally ◽

Ayse Sila Dokumaci ◽

Christoph Stettler ◽

Chris Boesch

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Muscle ◽

Type 1 Diabetes ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Test Retest Reliability

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Longer term test-retest reliability of error-related brain activity

Psychophysiology ◽

10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01206.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 48 (10) ◽

pp. 1420-1425 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

Anna Weinberg ◽

Greg Hajcak

Keyword(s):

Brain Activity ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Test Retest Reliability

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Reduced parietal alpha power and psychotic symptoms: Test-retest reliability of resting-state magnetoencephalography in schizophrenia and healthy controls

Schizophrenia Research ◽

10.1016/j.schres.2019.10.023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 215 ◽

pp. 229-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Felicha T. Candelaria-Cook ◽

Megan E. Schendel ◽

Cesar J. Ojeda ◽

Juan R. Bustillo ◽

Julia M. Stephen

Keyword(s):

Resting State ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Alpha Power ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Test Retest Reliability

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Test-retest reliability of fMRI-measured brain activity during decision making under risk

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116759 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 214 ◽

pp. 116759 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ozlem Korucuoglu ◽

Michael P. Harms ◽

Serguei V. Astafiev ◽

James T. Kennedy ◽

Semyon Golosheykin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Decision Making Under Risk ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Test Retest Reliability

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Symptom-Dependent Changes in MEG-Derived Neuroelectric Brain Activity in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Chronic Symptoms

Medical Sciences ◽

10.3390/medsci9020020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 20

Author(s):

Don Krieger ◽

Paul Shepard ◽

Ryan Soose ◽

Ava M. Puccio ◽

Sue Beers ◽

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Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Severity Index ◽

Brief Symptom Inventory ◽

Good Test ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Test Retest Reliability

Neuroelectric measures derived from human magnetoencephalographic (MEG) recordings hold promise as aides to diagnosis and treatment monitoring and targeting for chronic sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study tests novel MEG-derived regional brain measures of tonic neuroelectric activation for long-term test-retest reliability and sensitivity to symptoms. Resting state MEG recordings were obtained from a normative cohort, Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (CamCAN), baseline: n = 619; mean 16-month follow-up: n = 253) and a chronic symptomatic TBI cohort, Targeted Evaluation, Action and Monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury (TEAM-TBI), baseline: n = 64; mean 6-month follow-up: n = 39). For the CamCAN cohort, MEG-derived neuroelectric measures showed good long-term test-retest reliability for most of the 103 automatically identified stereotypic regions. The TEAM-TBI cohort was screened for depression, somatization, and anxiety with the Brief Symptom Inventory and for insomnia with the Insomnia Severity Index. Linear classifiers constructed from the 103 regional measures from each TEAM-TBI cohort member distinguished those with and without each symptom, with p < 0.01 for each—i.e., the tonic regional neuroelectric measures of activation are sensitive to the presence/absence of these symptoms. The novel regional MEG-derived neuroelectric measures obtained and tested in this study demonstrate the necessary and sufficient properties to be clinically useful—i.e., good test-retest reliability, sensitivity to symptoms in each individual, and obtainable using automatic processing without human judgement or intervention.

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Mo1288 Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliability of the Early Trauma Inventory Self Report-Short Form (ETI-SR) in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Healthy Controls

Gastroenterology ◽

10.1016/s0016-5085(15)32233-2 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 148 (4) ◽

pp. S-662

Author(s):

Elizabeth J. Videlock ◽

Cathy Liu ◽

Wendy Shih ◽

Bruce D. Naliboff ◽

Emeran A. Mayer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Irritable Bowel Syndrome ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Short Form ◽

Self Report ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Irritable Bowel ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Early Trauma

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Development and Validation of a Computerized Adaptive Assessment Tool for Discrimination and Measurement of Psychotic Symptoms

Schizophrenia Bulletin ◽

10.1093/schbul/sbaa168 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Guinart ◽

Renato de Filippis ◽

Stella Rosson ◽

Bhagyashree Patil ◽

Lara Prizgint ◽

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Keyword(s):

Convergent Validity ◽

Computerized Adaptive Testing ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Item Bank ◽

Self Report ◽

Psychotic Symptoms ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Measurement Efficiency

Abstract Objective Time constraints limit the use of measurement-based approaches in research and routine clinical management of psychosis. Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) can reduce administration time, thus increasing measurement efficiency. This study aimed to develop and test the capacity of the CAT-Psychosis battery, both self-administered and rater-administered, to measure the severity of psychotic symptoms and discriminate psychosis from healthy controls. Methods An item bank was developed and calibrated. Two raters administered CAT-Psychosis for inter-rater reliability (IRR). Subjects rated themselves and were retested within 7 days for test-retest reliability. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) was administered for convergent validity and chart diagnosis, and the Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) was used to test psychosis discriminant validity. Results Development and calibration study included 649 psychotic patients. Simulations revealed a correlation of r = .92 with the total 73-item bank score, using an average of 12 items. Validation study included 160 additional patients and 40 healthy controls. CAT-Psychosis showed convergent validity (clinician: r = 0.690; 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 0.610–0.757; self-report: r = .690; 95% CI: 0.609–0.756), IRR (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 0.733; 95% CI: 0.611–0.828), and test-retest reliability (clinician ICC = 0.862; 95% CI: 0.767–0.922; self-report ICC = 0.815; 95%CI: 0.741–0.871). CAT-Psychosis could discriminate psychosis from healthy controls (clinician: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve [AUC] = 0.965, 95% CI: 0.945–0.984; self-report AUC = 0.850, 95% CI: 0.807–0.894). The median length of the clinician-administered assessment was 5 minutes (interquartile range [IQR]: 3:23–8:29 min) and 1 minute, 20 seconds (IQR: 0:57–2:09 min) for the self-report. Conclusion CAT-Psychosis can quickly and reliably assess the severity of psychosis and discriminate psychotic patients from healthy controls, creating an opportunity for frequent remote assessment and patient/population-level follow-up.

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Validation and Cultural Adaptation of an Arabic Version of Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (Pedi-EAT-10Arabic)

Dysphagia ◽

10.1007/s00455-021-10404-2 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Sally M. Adel ◽

Alaa H. Gaafar ◽

Nader Fasseeh ◽

Rania M. Abdou ◽

Nesrine Hazem Hamouda

Keyword(s):

Assessment Tool ◽

Pediatric Population ◽

Endoscopic Examination ◽

University Hospital ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Arabic Version ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Outcome Instrument ◽

Test Retest Reliability

AbstractPediatric eating assessment tool (Pedi-EAT-10Arabic) is a validated and reliable caregiver administered outcome instrument designed for detection of children at high risk of penetration/aspiration. The objective of this study is to translate and validate the Arabic version of Pedi-EAT-10 and to correlate its results with pharyngeal residue and aspiration on fiber optic endoscopic examination of swallowing (FEES). A cross-sectional study including 202 children selected randomly from those attending the swallowing clinic in phoniatrics unit, Otorhinolaryngology department (ORL) at main university hospital between February 2019 and October 2020 complaining of dysphagia. For test–retest reliability, one hundred caregivers refilled the Pedi-EAT-10Arabic after a 2-week period following their first visit. Validity was established by comparing the scores of dysphagia patients to healthy controls. Internal consistency of Pedi-EAT-10Arabic was high (Cronbach's alpha 0.986). Intra class correlation showed excellent test–retest reliability (r = 0.968). The median Pedi-EAT 10Arabic score was significantly higher in dysphagia group compared to healthy controls. (Median 27 IQR 21–34 for cases compared to median zero IQR 0–2 points for healthy controls, P less than 0.001). A strong correlation was found between Pedi-EAT 10Arabic scores and PAS scores with Spearman's correlation coefficient r = 0.803 and P < 0.001. The ROC for evaluating the discriminatory capacity of Pedi-EAT 10 for aspiration showed an AUC of 0.92 (95% CI of 0.89 to 0.96). Conclusion: Pedi-EAT 10Arabic was found to be a valid and reliable screening tool for further instrumental assessment of risk of dysphagia in pediatric population.

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