Conventional knee films hamper accurate knee alignment determination in patients with varus osteoarthritis of the knee

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-111

  van Raaij, Tom M ^a   Brouwer, Reinoud W ^b   Reijman, Max ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alignment; Femorotibial angle; Knee; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMOROTIBIAL ANGLE; FEMUR; FILM; GOLD STANDARD; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE ALIGNMENT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA; VARUS KNEE; X RAY FILM;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 58949094521     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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