Interobserver variation in sonography of the painful shoulder

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-56

  O'Connor, Philip J ^a   Rankine, James ^a   Gibbon, W W ^a   Richardson, A ^a   Winter, Faith ^a   Miller, John H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interobserver agreement; Rotator cuff pathology; Shoulder; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON DISEASE; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 13244292227     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20088     Document Type: Article

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