TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The diagnostic value of clinical examination after falanga--a pilot validation study
JO  - Torture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
A1  - Amris, Kirstine
A1  - Rasmussen, Ole Vedel
A1  - Baykal, Turkcan
A1  - Lök, Veli
SP  - 5
EP  - 11
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
N2  - Medico-legal documentation of alleged exposure to falanga torture warrants a high diagnostic accuracy of the applied clinical tests. The objective of this study was to establish data on the validity of palpatory examination of the footpads and the plantar fascia and to assess the distribution of observations among selected cases and non-cases in a small study sample. Calculated estimates of sensitivity and specificity of the individual diagnostic tests are reported and, in general, did not meet the authority-based criteria of an 80% cut-off point. The observed total number of true tests in this study was 65 %. It is concluded that future studies of the reliability of clinical examination and assessment of the variability of observations among unselected cases and non-cases should be conducted in a larger cross-sectional study population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1018-8185
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -