Diagnostic discordance: We cannot agree when to call knee pain 'osteoarthritis'

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-102

  Peat, George ^a   Greig, Jane ^a,b   Wood, Laurence ^a   Wilkie, Ross ^a   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Croft, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Moorlands Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Knee osteoarthritis; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14644408121     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh702     Document Type: Article

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