Reliability analysis for manual measurement of coronal plane deformity in adolescent scoliosis. Are 30 × 90 cm plain films better than digitized small films?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1615-1620

  De Carvalho, Antonio ^a   Vialle, Raphaël ^a   Thomsen, Laurent ^a   Amzallag, Julien ^a   Cluzel, Guillaume ^b   Pointe, Hubert Ducou Le ^b   Mary, Pierre ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cobb angle measurement; Digitized radiographs; Idiopatic scoliosis; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STUDENT T TEST; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 35348842100     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0437-4     Document Type: Article

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