Reliability of a modified grading scheme for MRI assessment of thoracic intervertebral discs

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-208

  Tan, Celia I C ^a   Song, Swithin ^b   Edmondston, Stephen J ^a   Singer, Kevin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; MRI; Reliability; Thoracic disc

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSTEOPHYTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0034462532     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0218-9577(00)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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