2 results match your criteria: "Research Centre and PGI Orthopaedics[Affiliation]"
Modified calcaneal index: a new screening tool for osteoporosis based on plain radiographs of the calcaneum.
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong)
April 2005
Sushrut Hospital, Research Centre and PGI Orthopaedics, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur, India.
Purposes: To assess osteoporosis using plain radiography of the calcaneum by studying the performance characteristics of the modified calcaneal index through inter- and intra-observer agreement. To study the correlation of the modified calcaneal index to quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus and bone mineral density (BMD) of the femoral neck and distal radius.
Methods: Lateral calcaneal radiographs of 252 women who participated in a clinical trial for osteoporosis were reviewed.
Limited clinical utility of pain drawing in assessing patients with low back pain.
J Spinal Disord Tech
April 2005
Division of Spinal Surgery, Sushrut Hospital, Research Centre and PGI Orthopaedics, Nagpur, India.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the use of pain drawing by studying its ability to identify patients with low back pain and abnormal psychological profile. The intraevaluator repeatability of the penalty point method of scoring of pain drawing was also evaluated.
Methods: A total of 331 consecutive patients with low back pain were prospectively recruited.