EULAR report on the use of ultrasonography in painful knee osteoarthritis. Part 2: Exploring decision rules for clinical utility

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1710-1714

  Conaghan, P ^b   D'Agostino, M A ^a   Ravaud, P ^c   Baron, G ^c   Le Bars, M ^d   Grassi, W ^e   Martin Molo, E ^f   Wakefield, R ^b   Brasseur, J L ^g   So, A ^h   Backhaus, M ⁱ   Malaise, M ^j   Burmester, G ⁱ   Schmidely, N ^d   Emery, P ^b   Dougados, M ^a  

^a Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^e Jesi Hospital   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h Vaudois University Hospital Center   (Switzerland)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^j Rheumatology Department   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RECOGNITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; THICKNESS; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 27944481207     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.038026     Document Type: Article

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