Osteoarthritis classification scales: Interobserver reliability and arthroscopic correlation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1145-1151

  Wright, Rick W ^a   Ross, James R ^a   Haas, Amanda K ^a   Huston, Laura J ^a   Garofoli, Elizabeth A ^a   Harris, David ^a   Patel, Kushal ^a   Pearson, David ^a   Schutzman, Jake ^a   Tarabichi, Majd ^a   Ying, David ^a   Albright, John P ^a   Allen, Christina R ^a   Amendola, Annunziato ^a   Anderson, Allen F ^a   Andrish, Jack T ^a   Annunziata, Christopher C ^a   Arciero, Robert A ^a   Bach, Bernard R ^a   Baker III, Champ L ^a   Bartolozzi, Arthur R ^a   Baumgarten, Keith M ^a   Bechler, Jeffery R ^a   Berg, Jeffrey H ^a   Bernas, Geoffrey A ^a   Brockmeier, Stephen F ^a   Brophy, Robert H ^a   Bush Joseph, Charles A ^a   Butler V, J Brad ^a   Campbell, John D ^a   Carpenter, James E ^a   Cole, Brian J ^a   Cooper, Daniel E ^a   Cooper, Jonathan M ^a   Cox, Charles L ^a   Alexander Creighton, R ^a   Dahm, Diane L ^a   David, Tal S ^a   DeBerardino, Thomas M ^a   Dunn, Warren R ^a   Flanigan, David C ^a   Frederick, Robert W ^a   Ganley, Theodore J ^a   Gatt, Charles J ^a   Gecha, Steven R ^a   Giffin, James Robert ^a   Hame, Sharon L ^a   Hannafin, Jo A ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a   Harris, Norman Lindsay ^a   Hechtman, Keith S ^a   Hershman, Elliott B ^a   Hoellrich, Rudolf G ^a   Hosea, Timothy M ^a   Johnson, David C ^a   Johnson, Timothy S ^a   Jones, Morgan H ^a   Kaeding, Christopher C ^a   Kamath, Ganesh V ^a   Klootwyk, Thomas E ^a   Lantz, Brett A ^a   Levy, Bruce A ^a   Ma, C Benjamin ^a   Maiers II, G Peter ^a   Mann, Barton ^a   Marx, Robert G ^a   Matava, Matthew J ^a   Mathien, Gregory M ^a   McAllister, David R ^a   McCarty, Eric C ^a   McCormack, Robert G ^a   Miller, Bruce S ^a   Nissen, Carl W ^a   O'Neill, Daniel F ^a   Owens, Brett D ^a   Parker, Richard D ^a   Purnell, Mark L ^a   Ramappa, Arun J ^a   Rauh, Michael A ^a   Rettig, Arthur ^a   Sekiya, Jon K ^a   Shea, Kevin G ^a   Sherman, Orrin H ^a   Slauterbeck, James R ^a   Smith, Matthew V ^a   Spang, Jeffrey T ^a   Spindler, Kurt P ^a   Stuart, Michael J ^a   Svoboda, Steven J ^a   Taft, Timothy N ^a   Tenuta, Joachim J ^a   Tingstad, Edwin M ^a   Vidal, Armando F ^a   Viskontas, Darius G ^a   White, Richard A ^a   Williams, James S ^a   Wolcott, Michelle L ^a   Wolf, Brian R ^a   York, James J ^a   Carey, James L ^a   more..

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; KELLGREN LAWRENCE SCALE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; WEIGHT BEARING; ARTHROGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906311274     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.00929     Document Type: Article

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