Validity of the Leg-O-Meter, an instrument to measure leg circumference

Angiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-28

  Bérard, Anick ^a   Kurz, Xavier ^b   Zuccarelli, François ^c   Abenhaim, Lucien ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Hopital Saint Michel   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN DISEASE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EDEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036169879     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970205300104     Document Type: Article

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