Ultrasound assessment of tendons in asymptomatic volunteers: A study of reproducibility

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1968-1973

  O'Connor, Philip J ^a   Grainger, Andrew J ^a   Morgan, S R ^b   Smith, K L ^b   Waterton, J C ^b   Nash, A F ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Reproducibility; Tendon; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA TENDON; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMPTOM; TENDON DISEASE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 8344221935     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2448-4     Document Type: Article

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