Internet information quality for ten common foot and ankle diagnoses

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-202

  Smith, Jeremy T ^a   Pate, Olivia L ^a   Guss, Daniel ^a   Lee, Jared T ^a   Chiodo, Christopher P ^b   Bluman, Eric M ^b  

^a Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Content; Internet; Orthopaedic; Quality; Webpage; World wide web

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANKLE ARTHRITIS; ANKLE DISEASE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT FRACTURE; HALLUX RIGIDUS; HALLUX VALGUS; HEALTH ON THE NET FOUNDATION PRINCIPLE; INFORMATION; INFORMATION QUALITY; INTERNET; METATARSUS FRACTURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE;

ANKLE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES;

EID: 84864500169     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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