The Allen test. A study of inter-observer reliability.
The Allen test was performed by four physician examiners on 200 hands of healthy volunteers. Positive results were found in 5.5% of hands. There was not a single case in which all four observers agreed. Considerable inter-observer disagreement is associated with the Allen test.
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D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014654:Vascular Patency