Journal of Personalized Medicine | |
Measurement Issues in Anthropometric Measures of Limb Volume Change in Persons at Risk for and Living with Lymphedema: A Reliability Study | |
Dorit Tidhar5  Jane M. Armer2  Daniel Deutscher5  Chi-Ren Shyu3  Josef Azuri4  Richard Madsen1  | |
[1] Office of Medical Research, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA; E-Mail:;Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; E-Mail:;Department of Computer Science, Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; E-Mail:;Health Division, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel-Aviv 6812511, Israel; E-Mail:;Physical Therapy Service, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel-Aviv 6812511, Israel; E-Mail: | |
关键词: decision-making; lymphedema; lymphedema management; minimal clinical; detectable change; reliability; standard error of measurement; tape measurement; | |
DOI : 10.3390/jpm5040341 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Understanding whether a true change has occurred during the process of care is of utmost importance in lymphedema management secondary to cancer treatments. Decisions about when to order a garment, start an exercise program, and begin or end therapy are based primarily on measurements of limb volume, based on circumferences taken by physiotherapists using a flexible tape. This study aimed to assess intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of measurements taken by physiotherapists of legs and arms with and without lymphedema and to evaluate whether there is a difference in reliability when measuring a healthy
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