A comparison of traditional protractor Versus Oxford Cobbometer radiographic measurement: Intraobserver measurement variability for Cobb angles

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-443

  Rosenfeldt, Michael P ^a   Harding, Ian J ^a,b   Hauptfleisch, Jennifer T ^a   Fairbank, Jeremy T ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Cobbometer; Measurement variability; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OXFORD COBBOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTRACTOR METHOD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 13844312359     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000153401.78638.cb     Document Type: Article

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