Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 3

Comparison of Vascular Doppler and Sphygmomanometer for Measurement of Ankle-Brachial Index

  • Author:
  • N D Vidhani1,, R M Nagarwala2, N S Jalan1, S A Rairikar3, A K Shyam4, P K Sancheti5
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 17 to 19

1Physiotherapist, Sancheti, Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation

2Associate Professor, Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune

3Principal and Professor, Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune

4Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation, Indian Orthopaedic Research Group

5Chairman, Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation

*Corresponding author: Neha Vidhani, 41, Kukreja Nagar, Jaripatka, Nagpur (M.H) 440014. Mob. No.- 9975313859. E-mail: nehadv2004@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 5 July, 2014.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare the values of ankle brachial index (ABI) measured by Doppler and by sphygmomanometer.

Thirty people were assessed for the ABI measurement through Doppler method by one investigator and by sphygmomanometer method done by another investigator.

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.

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