Reproducibility of repeated measurements on healthy skin with Minolta Chromameter CR-300.
OBJECTIVE
In this report the reproducibility of measurements with the Minolta Chromameter CR-300 on healthy skin was investigated.


METHODS
Intra- and inter-rater reproducibility, reproducibility with two instruments and repeated measurements with a 1 week time lapse were examined on healthy skin of 30 volunteers by means of intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) and standard error of measurements (SEM).


RESULTS
Results showed excellent values for ICC in all the four conditions.


CONCLUSIONS
On the basis of these results we concluded that the instrument provides reliable information and can be used in comparative clinical trials.
Van den Kerckhove
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Burn Center and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium. eric.vandenkerckhove@flok.kuleuven.ac.be
Staes
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F
Flour
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Stappaerts
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K
Boeckx
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D000328:Adult; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012867:Skin