Validation of the KOFUS (Knee Osteoarthritis Flare-Ups Score)

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-272

  Marty, Marc ^a   Hilliquin, Pascal ^b   Rozenberg, Sylvie ^c   Valat, Jean Pierre ^d   Vignon, Eric ^e   Coste, Philippe ^f   Savarieau, Bernard ^g   Allaert, François André ^h  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SUD FRANCILIEN   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^f Laboratoires Expanscience   (France)

^g Gestion de l'étude Nukléus ^*  (France)

^h Service de Biométrie   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic score; Flare up; Knee osteoarthritis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PAIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUDEN INDEX;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349233131     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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