Reliability and Size of the Measurement Error when Determining the Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Nerve at the Tarsal Tunnel with Ultrasonography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1098-1102

  Alshami, Ali M ^a   Cairns, Craig W ^b   Wylie, Bridie K ^c   Souvlis, Tina ^a   Coppieters, Michel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland X Ray   (Australia)

^c Qscan Radiology Clinics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compression neuropathy; Entrapment neuropathy; Plantar heel pain; Reliability; Tarsal tunnel syndrome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION NEUROPATHY; ENTRAPMENT NEUROPATHY; PLANTAR HEEL PAIN; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; METAL DETECTORS; POTENTIAL FLOW; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TUNNELS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MEASUREMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TARSAL BONE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TIBIAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649210284     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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