Measurement of varus/valgus alignment in obese individuals with knee osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 690-696

  Gibson, Kyle ^a   Sayers, Stephen P ^a   Minor, Marian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION; UMBILICUS; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG BONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UMBILICUS;

EID: 77951735183     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20084     Document Type: Article

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