Inter and intraobserver variability in DePalma's classification of shoulder calcific tendinitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1029-1031

  Maier, Markus ^a   Maier Bosse, Tamara ^b   Schulz, Christoph U ^b   Steinborn, Marc ^b   Schmitt, Clemens A ^b   Kleen, Martin ^b   Stäbler, Axel ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Grosshadern ^*

Author keywords

Calcific tendinitis; Classification; DePalma and Kruper; Kappa statistics; Morphology; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0038414732     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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