A computerized system for the application of Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan scale in Wistar rats
Acta ortop. bras
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23(4): 179-183, Jul-Aug/2015. tab, graf
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To develop and test a computer program to assist researchers in assigning scores in the application of the Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan (BBB) scale and to compare these scores when doing so in free, targeted and automated computer-assisted modes.METHOD:
To test the program, the participants used the Impactor methodology recommended by the New York University (USA), in which 12 Wistar rats submitted to spinal cord injury were filmed on the 28th day after the injury. Eight researchers from the Laboratory of Medical Investigation, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil took part in the study. The two heads of the laboratory, with 15 years of experience in the application of the scale, were considered the gold standard.RESULTS:
The results of the scale application were not significantly different in relation to the gold standard, considering the mean of the evaluators in eachmethod:
free, targeted and automated form (with the help of the computer).CONCLUSIONS:
The application of the BBB scale in the automated mode, using the computer program, did not present any difference in relation to the gold standard for all the evaluators. Level of Evidence II, Diagnostic Studies. .
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Main subject:
Spinal Cord Compression
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Spinal Cord Injuries
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Spinal Injuries
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Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
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Rats, Wistar
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta ortop. bras
Journal subject:
Orthopedics
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Santos da Fundação Lusíada/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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