Synovial changes detected by ultrasound in people with knee osteoarthritis – a meta-analysis of observational studies

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1376-1383

  Sarmanova, A ^a,c   Hall, M ^a,b   Moses, J ^a   Doherty, M ^a,c   Zhang, W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Arthritis Research UK Centre Sport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Osteoarthritis; Synovial; Synovitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEWCASTLE OTTAVA SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL HYPERTROPHY; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84961801292     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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