Reproducibility and inter-reader agreement of a scoring system for ultrasound evaluation of hip osteoarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1613-1619

  Qvistgaard, E ^a   Torp Pedersen, S ^a   Christensen, R ^a   Bliddal, H ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPHYTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 33751292448     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.050690     Document Type: Article

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