An investigation to examine the inter-tester and intra-tester reliability of the Rolimeter® knee tester, and its sensitivity in identifying knee joint laxity

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1399-1403

  Hatcher, Julian ^a   Hatcher, Alison ^b   Arbuthnot, Jamie ^b   McNicholas, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL; Reliability; Rolimeter; Sensitivity; Tibial translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 27644486684     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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