Measurement variance in limb length discrepancy: Clinical and radiographic assessment of interobserver and intraobserver variability

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-201

  Terry, Michael A ^a   Winell, Jennifer J ^b   Green, Daniel W ^a   Schneider, Robert ^a   Peterson, Margaret ^a   Marx, Robert G ^a   Widmann, Roger F ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphysiodesis; Limb length discrepancy; Scanogram

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOUNT DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL PSEUDARTHROSIS; EPIPHYSIODESIS; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HEMIMELIA; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 14644417908     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000148496.97556.9f     Document Type: Article

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