Intra- and interobserver reliability of ultrasonographic cartilage thickness assessments in small and large joint in healthy children
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Materials and methods 740 joints of 74 healthy children (27 girls/47 boys), mean aged 11.3 years were examined with bilateral US in 5 preselected joints to assess the interobserver variability. In 17 of these children (6 girls/11 boys), mean aged 10.1 years, 170 joints was examined in an intraobserver substudy, with a 2 week interval between the first and second examination. All US measurements were obtained blinded.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008