Fracture healing assessment comparing stiffness measurements using radiographs

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 457, Issue , 2007, Pages 214-219

  McClelland, D ^a,c   Thomas, P B M ^a   Bancroft, G ^b   Moorcroft, C I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALLUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE STIFFNESS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE;

BONY CALLUS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOGENESIS; PLIABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34147141877     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31802f80a8     Document Type: Article

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