Impact of sex, age, body mass index and handedness on finger joint space width in patients with prolonged rheumatoid arthritis using computer-aided joint space analysis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 517-524

  Pfeil, Alexander ^a   Hansch, Andreas ^a   Lehmann, Gabriele ^a   Eidner, Thorsten ^a   Schäfer, Max L ^a   Oelzner, Peter ^a   Renz, Diane M ^a   Wolf, Gunter ^a   Hein, Gert ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^a   Böttcher, Joachim ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Computer aided joint space analysis; Computer assisted detection; Handedness; Joint space width; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT CAVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 61449183568     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0728-z     Document Type: Article

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