Is musculoskeletal ultrasonography an operator-dependent method or a fast and reliably teachable diagnostic tool? Interreader agreements of three ultrasonographers with different training levels

International Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Backhaus, Marina ^a   Ohrndorf, Sarah ^a   Naumann, Lydia ^a   Grundey, Jessica ^b   Scheel, Tanja ^c   Scheel, Alexander K ^c   Werner, Carola ^d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Medical Statistics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 79955110687     PISSN: 16879260     EISSN: 16879279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/164518     Document Type: Article

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