Spondylolisthesis: Intraobserver and interobserver reliability with regard to the measurement of slip percentage

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 755-759

  McCarty, Mary E ^a   Mehlman, Charles T ^a   Tamai, Junichi ^a   Do, Twee T ^a   Crawford, Alvin H ^a   Klein, Guy ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interrater reliability; Intrarater reliability; Percent slip; Spodylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

CHILD; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 70349693614     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b76a2c     Document Type: Article

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