Ultrasonographic measurement of patellar tendon thickness-a study of intra- and interobserver reliability

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 934-937

  Skou, Soren T ^a,b   Aalkjaer, Johanne M ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knee; Musculoskeletal diseases; Patellar ligament; Reliability; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HEALTHY SUBJECTS; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; KNEE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT;

RELIABILITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TENDONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LIMIT OF AGREEMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLAR TENDON THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THICKNESS;

KNEE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RELIABILITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883656740     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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