Comparison of the Musculoskeletal function assessment questionnaire with the short form-36, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, and the Sickness Impact Profile health-status measures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1323-1335

  Martin, Diane P ^a   Engelberg, Ruth ^a   Agel, Julie ^a   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030757623     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199709000-00006     Document Type: Article

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