MEASUREMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY FRONTAL-PLANE ALIGNMENT AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS SEVERITY USING PHOTOGRAPHIC AND RADIOGRAPHIC APPROACHES
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee affects between 5.4% and 38% of older adults and this prevalence is increasing as the population ages and becomes more obese. As health costs rise, it is important to have accurate and cost-effective methods to assess knee OA and the risk for OA. One risk factor fo...
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Language: | en en |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8334 |