The "shetty test" in ankle injuries: Validation of a novel test to rule out ankle fractures

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 831-833

  Shetty, Vijay ^a   Wasnik, Sandeep ^a   Hegde, Chintan ^a   Shetty, Vishvas ^a   Kasture, Sarang ^a   Thakur, Harshad ^b  

^a Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ankle fractures; Ankle sprain; Clinical test for ankle fracture

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHETTY TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANKLE FRACTURES; ANKLE INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84885473711     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-012-1069-x     Document Type: Article

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