A Critical Appraisal of Quantitative Arthroscopy as an Outcome Measure in Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-105

  Oakley, Stephen Philip ^a   Lassere, Marissa N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Cartilage; Chondroscopy; Measurement; Reliability; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242410679     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-0172(03)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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