Measuring the cobb angle with the iphone in kyphoses: A reliability study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1655-1660

  Jacquot, Frederic ^a   Charpentier, Axelle ^b   Khelifi, Sofiane ^a   Gastambide, Daniel ^c   Rigal, Regis ^b   Sautet, Alain ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b Centre Tourville ^*  (France)

^c Centre Tourville   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KYPHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOBILE PHONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866734680     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1579-5     Document Type: Article

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