Measurement of radiographic joint space width in the tibiofemoral compartment of the osteoarthritic knee: Comparison of standing anteroposterior and Lyon schuss views

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 378-384

  Vignon, Eric ^a,c   Piperno, Muriel ^a   Le Graverand, Marie Pierre Hellio ^a   Mazzuca, Steven A ^b   Brandt, Kenneth D ^b   Mathieu, Pierre ^a   Favret, Huguett ^a   Vignon, Martine ^a   Merle Vincent, Florence ^a   Conrozier, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA; X RAY;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

EID: 0037332276     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10773     Document Type: Article

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