Reliability and validity of plain radiographs to assess angulation of small finger metacarpal neck fractures: Human cadaveric study

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Lamraski, G ^a   Monsaert, A ^a   De Maeseneer, M ^b   Haentjens, P ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bland and Altman graphical method; Interclass correlation coefficient; Plain radiographs; Reliability; Small finger metacarpal neck fracture; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FINGER FRACTURE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINGER INJURY; FRACTURE; INJURY; METACARPAL BONE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; METACARPAL BONES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644863911     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20025     Document Type: Article

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