Does tester experience influence the reliability with which 3D gait kinematics are collected in healthy adults?
Following basic training, a physiotherapy clinician with no previous 3D gait experience is as reliable as an experienced gait biomechanist with respect to marker placement accuracy. In addition, reliability comparisons between an experienced and novice tester appear independent of the joint identification method chosen.
Ischaemic heart disease as the aetiology of heart failure and the number of cellular rejections were powerful independent predictors of development of graft coronary artery disease following heart transplantation. The low incidence of graft coronary artery disease among patients with dilated cardiomyopathy implies that coronary angiography after heart transplantation can be made on a more selective basis.