Interobserver variation in the measurement of patellar height after total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 484-488

  Rogers, Benedict A ^a,d   Thornton Bott, P ^b   Cannon, S R ^c   Briggs, T W R ^c  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 33646166768     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B4.16407     Document Type: Article

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