Intraobserver and interobserver reliabilty of measures of kyphosis in thoracolumbar fractures

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-469

  Street, John ^a   Lenehan, Brian ^a   Albietz, John ^a   Bishop, Paul ^a   Dvorak, Marcel ^a   Fisher, Charles ^a  

^a VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Radiographic parameters; Spine trauma study group; Thoracolumbar fractures; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SPINE FRACTURE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349145904     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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