Usefulness of Ultrasound in Osteoarthritis

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-519

  Keen, Helen I ^a   Conaghan, Philip G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Osteoarthritis; Osteophytes; Synovitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; FOREFOOT; HAND JOINT; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 70449589867     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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