Inter- and intraobserver reliability assessment of the Cobb angle: Manual versus digital measurement tools

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1587-1592

  Gstoettner, Michaela ^a   Sekyra, Katrin ^a   Walochnik, Nadja ^a   Winter, Peter ^a   Wachter, Roland ^a   Bach, Christian M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cobb's angle; Interobserver reliability; Intraobserver reliability; Radiography; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 35348863720     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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