Validity and reliability of using photography for measuring knee range of motion: A methodological study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Naylor, Justine M ^a,b   Ko, Victoria ^a   Adie, Sam ^a,b   Gaskin, Clive ^c   Walker, Richard ^b   Harris, Ian A ^a,b   Mittal, Rajat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Cancer Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GONIOMETRY; GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LINE OF FEMUR METHOD; MALE; MARKER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROMETRY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79955091300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-77     Document Type: Article

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