Inter-observer reliability of radiographic classifications and measurements in the assessment of Perthes' disease

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-530

  Wiig, Ola ^a   Terjesen, Terje ^a   Svenningsen, Svein ^a  

^a Aust Agder Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR HEAD; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; PERTHES DISEASE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036773973     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164702321022794     Document Type: Article

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