Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 365-371 , March 2010

An examination chair to measure internal rotation of the hip in routine settings: a validation study

  • S. Reichenbach

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • CTU Bern, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Stephan Reichenbach, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. Tel: 41-31-631-35-29; Fax: 41-31-631-35-20.
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • P. Jüni

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland
    • CTU Bern, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Both authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • E. Nüesch

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland
    • CTU Bern, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • F. Frey

      Affiliations

    • Military Medical Branch, Armed Forces Logistics Organisation (AFLO), Switzerland
    • ,
  • R. Ganz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • M. Leunig

      Affiliations

    • Hip Service, Schulthess Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland and University of Bern, Switzerland

Received 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 1 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.10.001

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
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