The "Lasso-o" tape: stretchability and observer variability in head circumference measurement

Arch Dis Child. 2005 Aug;90(8):820-1. doi: 10.1136/adc.2004.063743.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cephalometry / instrumentation*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Elasticity
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Observer Variation
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Skull / anatomy & histology*