Is the frog lateral plain radiograph a reliable predictor of the alpha angle in femoroacetabular impingement?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-50

  Konan, S ^a   Rayan, F ^a   Haddad, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; FEMUR HEAD; HIP ARTHROSCOPY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649118603     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B1.22359     Document Type: Article

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