Pediatric Rheumatology

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Inter -and intraobserver variation of ultrasonographic cartilage thickness assessments in small and large joints in healthy children

Anne H Spannow1*, Mogens Pfeiffer-Jensen2, Niels T Andersen3, Elisabeth Stenbøg1 and Troels Herlin1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Pediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

2 Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital Norrebrogade, Aarhus, Denmark

3 Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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Pediatric Rheumatology 2009, 7:12 doi:10.1186/1546-0096-7-12

Published: 4 June 2009

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Table S1. Interobserver variation of ultrasound cartilage thickness measurements in large and small joints in 74 healthy children.

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Table S2. Intraobserver variation (observer I) in US measurements of articular cartilage thickness in 17 healthy children.

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Table S3. Intraobserver variation (observer II) in US measurements of articular cartilage thickness in 17 healthy children.

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Table S4. Cartilage thickness measurements for left and right extremity in the five examined joints in 74 healthy children – systemic and random variation.

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