How Accurate Are Patients at Diagnosing the Cause of Their Knee Pain With the Help of a Web-based Symptom Checker?

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Bisson, Leslie J ^a,b   Komm, Jorden T ^a,b   Bernas, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Fineberg, Marc S ^a,b   Marzo, John M ^a,b   Rauh, Michael A ^a,b   Smolinski, Robert J ^a,b   Wind, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; knee; knee pain; symptom checker

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS FRACTURE;

EID: 84977904338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23259671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2325967116630286     Document Type: Article

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