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Authors
Affiliations
1 Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation, IN
2 Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, IN
3 Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation, Indian Orthopaedic Research Group, IN
4 Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy-An International Journal, Vol 8, No 3 (2014), Pagination: 17-19
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of the study was to compare the values of ankle brachial index (ABI) measured by Doppler and by sphygmomanometer.
Method: Thirty people were assessed for the ABI measurement through Doppler method by one investigator and by sphygmomanometer method done by another investigator.
Results: The correlation between the ABI taken with sphygmomanometer and with Doppler was 0.745. The value suggests positive correlation between the two. But kappa score was 0.267 with p value 0.143 implied that ABI measurement with Doppler could not be replaced with measurement with help of sphygmomanometer.
Conclusion: Best method of measuring ABI is with Doppler. ABI Measurement with sphygmomanometer does not give good result as compared to Doppler.
Keywords
Ankle Brachial Index (ABI), Doppler, Sphygmomanometer
