Inter-observer reproducibility of probing to bone in the diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1238-1240

  Garcia Morales E ^a   Lazaro Martinez J L ^a   Aragon Sanchez F J ^b   Cecilia Matilla, A ^a   Beneit Montesinos, J V ^a   Gonzalez Jurado M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Diabetic Foot Unit La Paloma Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Osteomyelitis; Probing to bone; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROBING TO BONE TEST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AMPUTATION; BONE AND BONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC FOOT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80052982751     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03283.x     Document Type: Article

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