Using ordered values of subregional cartilage thickness change increases sensitivity in detecting risk factors for osteoarthritis progression

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-308

  Buck, R J ^a   Wyman, B T ^b   Hellio Le Graverand, M P ^b   Hunter, D ^c   Vignon, E ^d   Wirth, W ^e,f   Eckstein, F ^e,f  

^a StatAnswers Consulting LLC   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knee cartilage change; Ordered values; Osteoarthritis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBLUXATION; THICKNESS; TIBIA;

AGED; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79951855244     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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