Radiographic measures of thoracic kyphosis in osteoporosis: Cobb and vertebral centroid angles

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 761-767

  Briggs, A M ^a   Wrigley, T V ^a   Tully, E A ^a   Adams, P E ^a   Greig, A M ^a   Bennell, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Kyphosis; Measurement; Osteoporosis; Radiograph; Vertebral centroid

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KYPHOSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34347325289     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0284-8     Document Type: Article

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