UNASSIGNED: From The Multidisciplinary Neuroprotection Laboratories, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USAScoring systems are used to measure behavioral deficits in @entity64 research. Video-assisted training is used to standardize @entity64 -related @entity51 scoring in @entity1 . We hypothesized that a video-assisted training and certification program can improve inter-rater reliability in assessing neurologic function after @entity2500 in @entity35 . Three expert raters scored @entity51 in post- @entity2500 @entity35 using three published systems having different complexity levels (3, 18, or 48 points). The system having the highest point estimate for the correlation between neurologic score and @entity1188 size was selected to create a video-assisted training and certification program. Eight trainee raters completed the video-assisted training and certification program. Inter-rater agreement (   : score) and agreement with expert consensus scores were measured before and after video-assisted training and certification program completion. The 48-point system correlated best with @entity1188 size. Video-assisted training and certification improved agreement with expert consensus scores (pretraining   =   65        10, posttraining   =   87        14, 112 possible scores, P   <   0.0001), median number of trainee raters with scores within   2 points of the expert consensus score (pretraining   =   4, posttraining   =   6.5, P   <   0.01), categories with   :    >   0.4 (pretraining   =   4, posttraining   =   9), and number of categories with an improvement in the   : score from pretraining to posttraining (n   =   6). Video-assisted training and certification improved trainee inter-rater reliability and agreement with expert consensus behavioral scores in @entity35 after @entity2500 . Video-assisted training and certification may be useful in multilaboratory preclinical studies.

Video training and certification program improves reliability of XXXX measurement in the @entity35 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['humans'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity2500 :: ('MESH:D020244', 'Disease') :: ['middle cerebral artery occlusion'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['neurologic deficit', 'neurologic deficits'] @entity1188 :: ('MESH:D007238', 'Disease') :: ['infarct'] @entity35 :: ('10116', 'Species') :: ['rats']
@entity51 :: (MESH:D009461,Disease) :: ['postischemic neurologic deficit']
