Validity and interobserver agreement of a new radiographic grading system for intervertebral disc degeneration: Part II. Cervical spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 732-741

  Kettler, Annette ^a   Rohlmann, Friederike ^a   Neidlinger Wilke, Cornelia ^a   Werner, Karin ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33745030332     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-1037-9     Document Type: Article

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