Validity and reliability of measuring femoral anteversion and neck-shaft angle in patients with cerebral palsy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1195-1205

  Chung, Chin Youb ^a   Lee, Kyoung Min ^a   Park, Moon Seok ^a   Lee, Sang Hyeong ^a   Choi, In Ho ^b   Cho, Tae Joon ^b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ANTEVERSION; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; ARTHROPATHY; BONE DYSPLASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952497462     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00688     Document Type: Article

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