Relationships between tibial rim alignment and joint space width measurement reproducibility in non-fluoroscopic radiographs of osteoarthritic knees

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 945-952

  Ward, Rupert J ^a   Buckland Wright, J Chris ^a   Wolfe, F ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint space; Knee; Non fluoroscopic; Osteoarthritis; Radiography; Tibial rim alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA;

AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 27544460308     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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