The lateral view radiograph for assessment of the tibiofemoral joint space in knee osteoarthritis: Its reliability, sensitivity to change, and longitudinal validity

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3542-3547

  LaValley, Michael P ^a   McLaughlin, Sara ^a   Goggins, Joyce ^a   Gale, Daniel ^b   Nevitt, Michael C ^c   Felson, David T ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC CALIPER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT MALALIGNMENT; JOINT SPACE NARROWING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LATERAL VIEW KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTEROANTERIOR SEMIFLEXED VIEW KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIBIOFEMORAL JOINT CAVITY; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

EID: 27744502282     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21374     Document Type: Article

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