Intertester Reliability of Sonography in Patellar Tendinopathy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 671-675

  Black, Jennifer ^a,c   Cook, Jill ^a   Kiss, Z Stephen ^b   Smith, Michael ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Medical Imaging Australia   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Patella; Reliability; Sonography; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HYPOECHOIC AREAS; INTERTESTER RELIABILITY; PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLAR TENDINOPATHY; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON DISEASE;

EID: 2342595852     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.5.671     Document Type: Article

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