The postoperative COFAS end-stage ankle arthritis classification system: Interobserver and intraobserver reliability

Foot and Ankle Specialist

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Krause, Fabian G ^a   Di Silvestro, Matthew ^b   Penner, Murray J ^c   Wing, Kevin J ^c   Glazebrook, Mark A ^d   Daniels, Timothy R ^e   Lau, Johnny T C ^f   Younger, Alastair S E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Private Practice   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

ankle; arthritis; classification system; reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856737968     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: 19387636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640011433051     Document Type: Review

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