Inter- and intraobserver reliability of the clock face representation as used to describe the femoral intercondylar notch

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1265-1270

  Azzam, Michael G ^a   Lenarz, Christopher J ^a   Farrow, Lutul D ^b   Israel, Heidi A ^a   Kieffer, David A ^a   Kaar, Scott G ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Intercondylar notch; Knee arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79960333017     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1389-5     Document Type: Article

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