Measuring the population impact of knee pain and disability with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

Pain

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-64

  Jinks, Clare ^a   Jordan, Kelvin ^a   Croft, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Epidemiology; Knee pain; Knest; Postal survey; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONICITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; POSTAL SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036844419     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00239-7     Document Type: Article

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