Macroscopic and radiological grading of osteoarthritis correlates inadequately with cartilage height and histologically demonstrable damage to cartilage structure

Rheumatology International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-168

  Saal, Andre ^a   Gaertner, J ^b   Kuehling, M ^c   Swoboda, Bernd ^d   Klug, Stefan ^e  

^a Division of Orthopaedic Rheumatology ^*  (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

^d Division of Orthopaedic Rheumatology   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CADAVER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

EID: 17744392183     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-004-0582-6     Document Type: Review

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