Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life and Physical Function

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 413, Issue , 2003, Pages 90-105

  Beaton, Dorcas E ^a,b   Schemitsch, Emil ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND OUTCOME MEASURE; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; ROLAND MORRIS QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36 GENERAL HEALTH SURVEY; SHORT MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; SIMPLE SHOULDER TEST; TORONTO LOWER EXTREMITY SALVAGE SCORE; WESTERN ONTARIO MCMASTER OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; ARTICLE; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICALS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0042476727     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000079772.06654.c8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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