Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 512-520 , May 2006

A study of the noninstrumented physical examination of the knee found high observer variability

,Accepted 7 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.004

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 512-520 , May 2006

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