Responsiveness and reliability of MRI in knee osteoarthritis: A meta-analysis of published evidence

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-605

  Hunter, D J ^a,b   Zhang, W ^c   Conaghan, P G ^d   Hirko, K ^b   Menashe, L ^b   Reichmann, W M ^e   Losina, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis; Reliability; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 79955871834     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.10.030     Document Type: Article

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