Categorization diminishes the reliability of hip scores

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 411, Issue , 2003, Pages 166-173

  Bach, Christian Michael ^a   Feizelmeier, Helmut ^a   Kaufmann, Gerhard ^a   Sununu, Tarek ^a   Göbel, Georg ^a   Krismer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARNLEY HIP SCORE; FEMALE; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY SCORE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JUDET AND JUDET SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERLE D AUBIGNE AND POSTEL SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038580624     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000065838.77325.fd     Document Type: Article

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