Lock-in thermal tests (LTTs) are one of the best ways to detect defects in composite materials. The parameter that most affects their performance is the cycle period of the stimulation wave. Its influ...
To validate a choice-reaction hop test (CRHT) by assessing differences in timing versus the side-hop test (SHT), and to determine the CRHT's test-retest reliability....
Test-retest reliability....
Laboratory....
Forty-nine healthy adults participated (16 female; age = 22.7 ± 3.4 years; height = 174.9 ± 9.1 cm; mass = 75.4 ± 14.8 kg)....
Participants completed three trials each of the SHT and the CRHT in a counterbalanced order. Participants returned one-week later to repeat the CRHT. The fastest and the mean of the three trials were ...
Participants took significantly longer to complete the CRHT (Mean across 3 trials = 21.4 ± 3.4s, Fastest trial = 19.7 ± 3.0s) compared to the traditional SHT (10.4 ± 2.0s, p < 0.001). The CRHT demonst...
Compared to the SHT, the CRHT took longer to complete indicating its ability to stress neurocognitive function during an FPT. The CRHT demonstrated good-excellent test-retest reliability, which may al...
Familial communication of results and cascade genetic testing (CGT) can extend the benefits of genetic screening beyond the patient to their at-risk relatives. While an increasing number of health sys...
To assess the feasibility of remotely training glaucoma patients to take a 10-session clustered virtual reality (VR) visual field (VF) test (Vivid Vision Perimetry [VVP-10]) at home, analyze results f...
Cross-sectional study....
Twenty-one subjects with glaucoma were enrolled and included in the feasibility assessment of remote training. Thirty-six eyes were used for test-retest analysis and determination of concordance with ...
Subjects were provided with a mobile VR headset containing the VVP-10 test software and trained remotely via video conferencing. Subjects were instructed to complete 10 sessions over a 14-day period....
Feasibility was determined by the number of subjects who were able to independently complete VVP-10 over the 14-day period after 1 remote training session. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)...
Twenty subjects (95%) successfully completed the VVP-10 test series after 1 training session. The ICC for VVP-10 was 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.92-0.97). The mean SE in units of fraction se...
Remote training of patients at home is feasible, and subsequent remote clustered VF testing using VVP-10 by patients on their own, without any further interactions with caregivers or study staff, was ...
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To evaluate the reproducibility of the imo binocular random single-eye test (BRSET) and Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) monocular test in patients with glaucoma....
Retrospective observational study....
We measured the visual fields (VF) of patients with glaucoma using the BRSET and HFA. All tests were repeated two months later. Mean sensitivity (MS), mean deviation (MD), sensitivity at each test loc...
We analyzed the VFs of 46 patients with glaucoma. There were no test-retest differences for MS and MD, and ICCs were > 0.9 for MS and MD in both perimeters. Inter-test correlations for MS and MD were ...
The imo BRSET showed similar reproducibility to HFA in MS and MD. However, sensitivity at each test location varied more for BRSET than for HFA. Further studies are needed to verify the reproducibilit...
The available evidence suggests that people with epilepsy have reduced cardio-respiratory fitness and muscle strength endurance, and impaired balance and mobility. The 6-minute walk test (6MWT), Timed...
To establish the test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change of the 6MWT, TUG, and 30CST in people with epilepsy....
The study was designed as an observational study. Forty-one people with epilepsy (23 females, 18 males; mean age 34.7 ± 10.4 years) participated. The 6MWT, TUG, and 30CST were tested by a trained phys...
The 6MWT (ICC = 0.92, SEM = 15.8, MDC₉₅ = 43.8), TUG (ICC = 0.95, SEM = 3.2, MDC₉₅ = 0.5) and 30CST (ICC = 0.92, SEM = 1.0, MDC₉₅ = 2.8) performance measurements demonstrated excellent test-retest rel...
The 6MWT, TUG, and 30CST are reliable for measuring physical performance. The findings of this study can support researchers and clinicians to decide if a change score of a person with epilepsy is lik...
Xylazine is a sedative found increasingly in the illicit fentanyl supply that can cause hypotension, bradycardia, necrosis and death. This pilot examined the real-world performance of BTNX xylazine te...
This study was nested within a drug checking service in Rhode Island. We tested unmeasured drug residue dissolved in 5 mL of distilled water using XTS and Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flig...
Among 41 residue samples, xylazine was detected in 11% by the XTS and 44 % by the laboratory. The LC-QTOF-MS detected xylazine in 18 samples: 4 major, 9 minor, 5 trace by volume relative to the whole ...
In this study, the BTNX XTS often disagreed with LC-QTOF-MS by indicating a negative result, likely due to the dilution levels used and sample composition. The XTS may not be accurate in detecting res...
Recently, the DC/TMD has become an essential tool for the diagnosis of temporomandibular disorders (TMD). However, as they fail to include functional activities, new assessment proposals have emerged,...
A total of 64 participants (40 women and 24 men) completed the IC test administered by two different physical therapists on two non-consecutive days. Cohen's kappa (k), PABAK, and percent agreement (P...
The IC test showed good to excellent test-retest reliability values (k>0.77; PABAK>0.90), both globally and individually for the muscles evaluated, and PA>90%, therefore above the thresholds for clini...
The IC test is reliable for the assessment of subjects with muscular TMD, both in terms of the global assessment and the evaluation of each muscle, which supports its clinical applicability. Care shou...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a modern infectious disease, first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The etiology is via severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),...
This is a cohort hospital-based study done during the period of July to September 2020. Both rapid anti-gene test kit (SARS-CoV-2) and RT-qPCR were used for the detection of COVID-19 in suspected case...
A total of 148 cases were tested using both the RT-qPCR and rapid test. Twenty-nine (19.6%) of these cases had positive results for RT-qPCR and 119 (80.4%) were negative, whereas 52 (35.1%) patients w...
We cannot consider rapid anti-gene test alone as a diagnostic method for COVID-19. We should also conduct RT-PCR test and other investigations like imaging CT scan of chest to confirm the diagnosis. T...
At our medical center, HIV nucleic acid tests are recommended when the HIV antigen-antibody screening immunoassay and antibody differentiation tests are discordant, but not done reflexively. A retrosp...
