Fluoroscopic and Magnetic Resonance Cross-Sectional Imaging Assessments of Radial and Ulnar Torsion Profiles in Volunteers

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-509

  Dumont, Charles E ^a   Nagy, Ladislav ^a   Ziegler, Dirk ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; forearm; malunion; MRI; radius; ulna

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREARM; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORSION; ULNA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORSION; ULNA;

EID: 33947598328     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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