Validity and reliability of a modified version of the Neck Disability Index

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 284-287

  Ackelman, Birgitta Helmerson ^a   Lindgren, Urban ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Neck pain; Outcome assessment; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036830094     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/165019702760390383     Document Type: Article

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