Comparing a supine radiologic versus standing clinical measurement of kyphosis in older women: The fracture intervention trial

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Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-467

  Kado, Deborah M ^a   Christianson, Lisa ^b   Palermo, Lisa ^b   Smith Bindman, Rebecca ^b   Cummings, Steven R ^b,c   Greendale, Gail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Debrunner kyphometer; Hyperkyphosis; Kyphosis; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEBRUNNER KYPHOMETER; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOMETRY; KYPHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 33644835436     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000200131.01313.a9     Document Type: Article

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