Cervical degenerative index: A new quantitative radiographic scoring system for cervical spondylosis with interobserver and intraobserver reliability testing

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Ofiram, Elisha ^a,b   Garvey, Timothy A ^a   Schwender, James D ^a   Denis, Francis ^a   Perra, Joseph H ^a   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Winter, Robert B ^a   Wroblewski, Jill M ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b Chosen Specialties Clinics   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical degeneration; Measure menttool; Spondylosis index; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 61449211928     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-008-0041-3     Document Type: Article

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