The reliability and validity of magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of chronic lateral epicondylitis

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-479

  Walton, Michael John ^a,b   MacKie, Katherine ^a,b   Fallon, Michael ^a,b   Butler, Rodney ^a,b   Breidahl, William ^a,b   Zheng, Ming H ^a,b   Wang, Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Perth Radiological Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elbow; lateral epicondylitis; MRI; overuse; reliability; tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICK DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCALE; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TENNIS ELBOW; UPPER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL SCALE; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 79952317780     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.11.040     Document Type: Article

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