Are clinical photographs appropriate to determine the maximal range of motion of the knee?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 794-798

  Verhaegen, Filip ^a   Ganseman, Yannick ^b   Arnout, Nele ^b   Vandenneucker, Hilde ^b   Bellemans, Johan ^b  

^a Europe Hospitals   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digital photography; Goniometry; Knee; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751675891     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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