Evolution of semi-quantitative whole joint assessment of knee OA: MOAKS (MRI Osteoarthritis Knee Score)

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 990-1002

  Hunter, D J ^a   Guermazi, A ^b   Lo, G H ^c,d   Grainger, A J ^e   Conaghan, P G ^f   Boudreau, R M ^g   Roemer, F W ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knee osteoarthritis; MRI; Reliability; Semi quantitative score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MORPHOLOGY; MRI OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE SCORE; OSTEOPHYTE; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOPHYTE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; TENDONS;

EID: 79960299099     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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