Interobserver agreement in the classification of rotator cuff tears

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-441

  Kuhn, John E ^a,i   Dunn, Warren R ^a   Ma, Benjamin ^b   Wright, Rick W ^c   Jones, Grant ^d   Spencer, Edwin E ^e   Wolf, Brian ^f   Safran, Marc ^b   Spindler, Kurt P ^a   McCarty, Eric ^g   Kelly, Brian ^h   Holloway, Brian ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

ⁱ Medical Center East   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Classification; Interrater reliability; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; TENDON; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; ROTATOR CUFF; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33847092568     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506298108     Document Type: Article

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