Measurement of fracture kyphosis with the oxford cobbometer: Intra- and interobserver reliabilities and comparison with other techniques

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 964-968

  Seel, Edward H ^a   Verrill, Clare L ^a   Mehta, Rajnikant L ^a   Davies, Evan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture kyphosis; Oxford Cobbometer; Radiographic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OXFORD COBBOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; X RAY;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 18244388208     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000158952.43914.fb     Document Type: Article

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