Validity of the alpha angle measurement on plain radiographs in the evaluation of cam-type femoroacetabular impingement

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 464-469

  Barton, Cefin ^a   Salineros, Matias J ^a   Rakhra, Kawan S ^a   Beaulé, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 78951489879     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1624-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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