Risser sign inter-rater and intra-rater agreement: Is the Risser sign reliable?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-375

  Reem, Jennifer ^a   Carney, Joseph ^a   Stanley, Mark ^a,b   Cassidy, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiographic grading; Reliability; Risser sign; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXERCISE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCNEMAR TEST; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RISSER SIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SIGN TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349181871     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0603-8     Document Type: Article

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