Poor sensitivity of musculoskeletal history in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 644-646

  Goff, Iain ^a   Rowan, Amy ^a   Bateman, Belinda Jane ^b   Foster, Helen Elizabeth ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ENTHESITIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863329350     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300853     Document Type: Article

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