Video training and certification program improves reliability of postischemic neurologic deficit measurement in the rat.

ABSTRACT: Scoring systems are used to measure behavioral deficits in stroke research. Video-assisted training is used to standardize stroke-related neurologic deficit scoring in humans. We hypothesized that a video-assisted training and certification program can improve inter-rater reliability in assessing neurologic function after middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. Three expert raters scored neurologic deficits in post-middle cerebral artery occlusion rats using three published systems having different complexity levels (3, 18, or 48 points). The system having the highest point estimate for the correlation between neurologic score and infarct size was selected to create a video-assisted training and certification program. Eight trainee raters completed the video-assisted training and certifi

SUBMITTER: Taninishi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363665 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature