Comparison of manual and digital measurements in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1240-1246

  Kuklo, Timothy R ^a   Potter, Benjamin K ^a   Schroeder, Teresa M ^a,c   O'Brien, Michael F ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Correlation; Digital measurement; Manual measurement; Precision; Reliability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCOLIOSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646792231     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000217774.13433.a7     Document Type: Article

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