The American Journal of Managed Care

The Challenges With Ensuring the Validity and Utility of Diagnostic Tests

Precision medicine has touched every aspect of healthcare today, and—as is evident from President Obama’s State of the Union speech for 2015—is front of mind with the federal government, which ...
BMJ

Reliability and validity of three pain provocation tests used for the diagnosis of chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy

4 Department of Physiotherapy, Centro “Riabilita”, Civitanova Marche (MC), Italy 5 Department of Physiotherapy Centro “Lovanium”, Pesaro, Italy 6 Department of Physiotherapy Centro “FKT Filanda”, ...
Education Week

Validity, Test Use, and Consequences: Pre-empting a Persistent Problem

In 2000, London opened its Millennium pedestrian bridge to the public in a widely celebrated event. The momentous occasion drew large numbers of people, eager to view and experience the bridge first ...
BMJ

Reliability and validity testing of a single-item physical activity measure

1 British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK 2 School of Population Health, ...