Browsing by Author "Kim, Young-Jo"

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    • The alpha angle as a predictor of contralateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis 

      Boyle, Matthew J.; Lirola, Jose F.; Hogue, Grant D.; Yen, Yi-Meng; Millis, Michael B.; Kim, Young-Jo (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016)
      Purpose Contralateral hip involvement in slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is common. Femoral head−neck asphericity, as measured by an elevated alpha angle, has not previously been assessed with respect to SCFE risk. ...

    • Feasibility of a Randomized Clinical Trial for Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement of the Hip 

      Boye, Gloria N.; Murray, Kerri; Clohisy, John C.; Kim, Young-Jo (SAGE Publications, 2015)
      Background: Symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is currently corrected by surgery. However, it is possible that nonsurgical treatment could resolve symptomatic FAI in some patients; thus, uncertainty about the ...

    • A Functional Difficulty and Functional Pain Instrument for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis 

      Jette, Alan M; McDonough, Christine M; Ni, Pengsheng; Haley, Stephen M; Hambleton, Ronald K; Olarsch, Sippy; Hunter, David J.; Kim, Young-Jo; Felson, David T (BioMed Central, 2009)
      Introduction: The objectives of this study were to develop a functional outcome instrument for hip and knee osteoarthritis research (OA-FUNCTION-CAT) using item response theory (IRT) and computer adaptive test (CAT) methods ...