Elbow stiffness: Effectiveness of conventional radiography and CT to explain osseous causes

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Zubler, Veronika ^a   Saupe, Nadja ^a   Jost, Bernhard ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^a   Zanetti, Marco ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conventional radiography; CT; Elbow stiffness; Restriction of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; JOINT DESTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINT LOOSE BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPHYTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953259665     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3741     Document Type: Article

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