Interobserver reliability of rheumatologists performing musculoskeletal ultrasonography: Results from a EULAR "Train the trainers" course

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1043-1049

  Scheel, A K ^a,b   Schmidt, W A ^c   Hermann, K G A ^d   Bruyn, G A ^e   D'Agostino, M A ^f   Grassi, W ^g   Iagnocco, A ^h   Koski, J M ⁱ   Machold, K P ^j   Naredo, E ^k   Sattler, H ^a   Swen, N ^l   Szkudlarek, M ^m   Wakefield, R J ⁿ   Ziswiler, H R ^a   Pasewaldt, D ^b   Werner, C ^b   Backhaus, M ^d  

^a Department of Medicine Nephrology and Rheumatology ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^l Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁿ LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SYNOVITIS; TOE; TRAINING; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELBOW JOINT; FINGER JOINT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OBSERVER VARIATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; TOE JOINT; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 20944443258     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.030387     Document Type: Article

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