Short musculoskeletal function assessment questionnaire: Validity, reliability, and responsiveness

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1245-1260

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032884781     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199909000-00006     Document Type: Article

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