Assessing smallest detectable change over time in continuous structural outcome measures: Application to radiological change in knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1225-1230

  Ravaud, Ph ^a   Giraudeau, B ^b   Auleley, G R ^a   Edouard Noel R ^a   Dougados, M ^a   Chastang, Cl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous structural outcome measure; Cutoffs; Joint space width measurement; Osteoarthritis; Reproducibility; Smallest detectable change over time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032696420     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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