WOMAC: A 20-year experiential review of a patient-centered self-reported health status questionnaire

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2473-2476

  Bellamy, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036896066     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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