Ultrasound measurement of joint cartilage thickness in large and small joints in healthy children: A clinical pilot study assessing observer variability

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Spannow, Anne ^a   Stenboeg, Elisabeth ^a,b   Pfeiffer Jensen, Mogens ^a   Herlin, Troels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; KNEE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 45249124346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-5-3     Document Type: Article

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