The reliability and validity of three non-radiological measures of thoracic kyphosis and their relations to the standing radiological Cobb angle

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1897-1905

  Greendale, G A ^a   Nili, N S ^a   Huang, M H ^a   Seeger, L ^b   Karlamangla, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobb angle; Kyphosis; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COBB ANGLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRUNNER KYPHOSIS ANGLE; FEMALE; FLEXICURVE KYPHOSIS ANGLE; FLEXICURVE KYPHOSIS INDEX; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC KYPHOSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX DISEASE; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 79960008214     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1422-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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