Interobserver and intraobserver reliability in the load sharing classification of the assessment of thoracolumbar burst fractures

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-358

  Dai, Li Yang ^a   Jin, Wen Jie ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Observer variation; Thoracolumbar fractures

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 13444274295     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000152095.85927.24     Document Type: Review

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