Development and validation of a paediatric long-bone fracture classification : a prospective multicentre study in 13 European paediatric trauma centres
- Background: The aim of this study was to develop a child-specific classification system for long bone fractures and to examine its reliability and validity on the basis of a prospective multicentre study. Methods: Using the sequentially developed classification system, three samples of between 30 and 185 paediatric limb fractures from a pool of 2308 fractures documented in two multicenter studies were analysed in a blinded fashion by eight orthopaedic surgeons, on a total of 5 occasions. Intra- and interobserver reliability and accuracy were calculated. Results: The reliability improved with successive simplification of the classification. The final version resulted in an overall interobserver agreement of kappa=0.71 with no significant difference between experienced and less experienced raters. Conclusions: In conclusion, the evaluation of the newly proposed classification system resulted in a reliable and routinely applicable system, for which training in its proper use may further improve the reliability. It can be recommended as a useful tool for clinical practice and offers the option for developing treatment recommendations and outcome predictions in the future.
Author: | Dorien Schneidmüller, Christoph Röder, Ralf Kraus, Ingo MarziORCiDGND, Martin Kaiser, Daniel Dietrich, Lutz von Laer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-105811 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-89 |
Parent Title (German): | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2011/05/23 |
Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2011/05/23 |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 89 |
Note: | © 2011 Schneidmüller et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Source: | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2011, 12:89 ; doi:10.1186/1471-2474-12-89 ; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/12/89/ |
HeBIS-PPN: | 263914003 |
Institutes: | Medizin / Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 |