Reproducibility of joint space width and the intermargin distance measurements in patients with medial osteoarthritis of the knee in various degrees of flexion

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Takahashi, Toshiaki ^a   Yamanaka, Norio ^b   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^b   Yamamoto, Haruyasu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Joint space width; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Radiograph; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIA;

EID: 57049157293     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0572-y     Document Type: Article

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