Reliability of knee joint range of motion and circumference measurements after total knee arthroplasty: Does tester experience matter?

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Jakobsen, Thomas Linding ^a   Christensen, Malene ^b   Christensen, Stine Sommer ^b   Olsen, Marie ^b   Bandholm, Thomas ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Range of motion; Reliability; Synovial fluid; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78049482715     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.450     Document Type: Article

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