Reliability evaluation of classifying radial head fractures by the system of Mason

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-98

  Morgan, Steven J ^a   Groshen, Susan L B ^a   Itamura, John M ^a   Shankwiler, James ^a   Brien, William W ^a   Kuschner, Stuart H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Radius fractures; Reliability and validity studies

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

KAPPA CLASSIFICATION STATISTICS; MASON SYSTEM; RADIAL HEAD FRACTURES;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW JOINT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030762492     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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