The reliability of a new scoring system for knee osteoarthritis MRI and the validity of bone marrow lesion assessment: BLOKS (Boston-Leeds Osteoarthritis Knee Score)

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-211

  Hunter, D J ^a   Lo, G H ^b   Gale, D ^c   Grainger, A J ^d   Guermazi, A ^a   Conaghan, P G ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VirtualScopics LLC   (United States)

^d LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BOSTON LEEDS OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE SCORE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EFFUSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BONE MARROW DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38749122867     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.066183     Document Type: Article

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