Observer Agreement of Spine Stenosis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of Patients With Cervical Spine Myelopathy

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Cook, Chad ^a   Braga Baiak, Andresa ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^b   Shah, Anand ^a   Neto, Arnolfo Carvalho ^c   de Barros, Nestor ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Radiologist at Clínica DAPI Diagnóstico Avançado por Imagem   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervical Vertebrae; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Myelopathy; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING ERROR; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 43649100088     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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