Blinded-read of bone scintigraphy: The impact on diagnosis and healing time for stress injuries with emphasis on the foot

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-191

  Dobrindt, Oliver ^a   Hoffmeyer, Birgit ^b   Ruf, Juri ^a   Steffen, Ingo G ^a   Zarva, Alina ^a   Richter, Wolf S ^a   Furth, Christian ^a   Ulrich, Gerhard ^a   Großer, Oliver S ^a   Neumann, Wolfram ^b   Amthauer, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

athletes; bone scintigraphy; grading system; healing time; stress injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT FRACTURE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951567151     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318208f0e6     Document Type: Article

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