Evaluation of a German questionnaire-format of the Lequesne algofunctional osteoarthritis indices for the hip and knee;Evaluation einer deutschen Fragebogenversion der Lequesne Cox- und Gonarthrose-Indizes

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-57

  Stucki, G ^a   Meier, D ^b   Stucki, S ^a   Michel, B A ^a   Tyndall, A G ^b   Elke, R ^c   Theiler, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Rheumatologische Universitatsklinik und Poliklinik   (Switzerland)

^c Orthopadische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disability; Health status; Osteoarthritis outcome; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LANGUAGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029991465     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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