Fixed-flexion knee radiography: the sensitivity to detect knee joint space narrowing in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 350-353

  Botha Scheepers, S ^a   Kloppenburg, M ^a   Kroon, H M ^a   Hellio Le Graverand, M P ^b   Breedveld, F C ^a   Ravaud, P ^c   Dougados, M ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hospital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Knee radiography; Osteoarthritis; Sensitivity to change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846983893     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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