Repeatability of goniometer measurements of the knee in patients wearing an Ilizarov external fixator: A clinic-based study

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-163

  Barker, K L ^a   Lamb, S E ^a   Burns, M ^b   Simpson, A H R W ^c  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032904852     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921599666957864     Document Type: Article

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