Radiographic Grading and Measurement of Joint Space Width in Osteoarthritis

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-502

  Hellio Le Graverand, Marie Pierre ^a   Mazzuca, Steve ^b   Duryea, Jeff ^c   Brett, Alan ^d  

^a Specialty Care Business Unit   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Optasia Medical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint space narrowing; Joint space width; Medial tibial plateau alignment; Osteoarthritis; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; GLUCOSAMINE; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70449472601     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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