Interrater and intrarater reliability in the measurement of kyphosis in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1978-1985

  Lundon, Kathleen M A ^a,c   Li, Audrey M W Y ^a   Bibershtein, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DeBrunner's kyphometer; Flexicurve ruler; Kyphosis; Osteoporosis; Roentgenographs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032530205     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199809150-00013     Document Type: Article

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