Validity of clinical measures of frontal plane knee alignment: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 459-465

  Riddle, Daniel L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Knee; Valgus; Varus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRONTAL PLANE KNEE ALIGNMENT; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOARTHRITIS INITIATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 84865157685     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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