Intraobserver and interobserver agreement in the classification and treatment of midshaft clavicle fractures

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1176-1181

  Jones, Grant L ^a,b   Bishop, Julie Y ^a,b   Lewis, Brian ^c   Pedroza, Angela D ^a   Baumgarten, Keith ^d   Kuhn, John E ^d   Cox, Charles ^d   Wolf, Brian ^d   Bollier, Matthew ^d   Carey, James L ^d   McCarty, Eric C ^d   Vidal, Armando F ^d   Spencer, Edwin E ^d   Feeley, Brian ^d   Marx, Robert G ^d   Miller, Bruce ^d   Wright, Rick W ^d   Brophy, Robert H ^d   Smith, Matthew V ^d   Abboud, Joseph ^d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montgomery Orthopaedic and Associates   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

agreement; classification; clavicle fracture; radiographs; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGREEMENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICLE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT;

AGREEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; RADIOGRAPHS; TREATMENT;

ADULT; CLAVICLE; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84900406629     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514523926     Document Type: Article

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