The interobserver reliability of ultrasound in knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2013-2019

  Iagnocco, Annamaria ^a   Perricone, Carlo ^a   Scirocco, Chiara ^a   Ceccarelli, Fulvia ^a   Modesti, Mariagrazia ^a   Gattamelata, Angelica ^a   Vavala, Caterina ^a   Rutigliano, Iolanda Maria ^a   Musetescu, Anca ^b   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Knee osteoarthritis; Reliability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84867823068     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes161     Document Type: Article

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