Predicted probability of meniscus tears: Comparing history and physical examination with MRI

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue DECEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Yan, Rui ^a,b   Wang, Hong ^b   Yang, Zhen ^c   Ji, Zhen Hao ^a   Guo, You Min ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Neurology   (China)

^c Red Cross Hospital of Xi an   (China)

Author keywords

Locking; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); McMurray's test; Meniscus tear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROSCOPY; CHONDROPATHY; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855281321     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13314     Document Type: Article

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