Validity and reliability of existing and modified clinical methods of measuring femoral and tibiofibular torsion in healthy subjects: Use of different reference axes may improve reliability

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-55

  Tamari, Kotaro ^a   Tinley, Paul ^b   Briffa, Kathy ^a   Breidahl, William ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial alignment of the lower limb; Clinical index; Inclinometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HUMAN; INCLINOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; TIBIA; TIBIA TORSION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA; TORSION;

EID: 11144271358     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20050     Document Type: Article

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