RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The “Lasso-o” tape: stretchability and observer variability in head circumference measurement
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 820
OP 821
DO 10.1136/adc.2004.063743
VO 90
IS 8
A1 J L Bartram
A1 A S Rigby
A1 P S Baxter
YR 2005
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/8/820.abstract
AB Head circumference is an important clinical measurement in children. The stretchability of the Lasso-o tape and the intra- and inter-observer reproducibility of measurements using it were investigated. Old Lasso-o tapes stretch significantly. The intra-class coefficients were 0.999 for intra-observer and 0.979 for inter-observer measurements. Nonetheless in 9% of measurements inter-observer variability was over 1 cm.