Reliability of a Proposed Ultrasonographic Grading Scale for Severity of Primary Knee Osteoarthritis
Author(s) -
Mohamed Mortada,
Ayman Zeid,
M.A. E.-H. Al-Toukhy,
Nillie Ezzeldin,
Mohammad Elgawish
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 1179-5441
DOI - 10.4137/cmamd.s38141
Subject(s) - osteoarthritis , medicine , grading (engineering) , concordance , kappa , radiography , radiology , rheumatology , grading scale , visual analogue scale , nuclear medicine , physical therapy , surgery , pathology , civil engineering , alternative medicine , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The objective of this study was to examine the concordance of a grading scale (0-4) of medial femoral osteophytes in knee joint detected by ultrasound (US) compared with the corresponding grades (0-4) of Kellgren-Lawrence (K&L) scale of conventional radiography and clinical joint examination.
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