Can anatomic alignment measured from a knee radiograph substitute for mechanical alignment from full limb films?

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1448-1452

  Felson, D T ^a   Cooke, T D V ^b   Niu, J ^a   Goggins, J ^a   Choi, J ^a   Yu, J ^c   Nevitt, M C ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Biomechanics; Knee osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 70349759633     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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