Joint line tenderness and Mcmurray tests for the detection of meniscal lesions: What is their real diagnostic value?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1126-1131

  Galli, Marco ^a   Ciriello, Vincenzo ^a   Menghi, Amerigo ^a   Aulisa, Angelo G ^b   Rabini, Alessia ^a   Marzetti, Emanuele ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Diagnostic accuracy; Interobserver concordance; Knee; Menisci; Rehabilitation; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT LINE TENDERNESS; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCMURRAY TEST; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878239329     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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