A comparison of two time intervals for test-retest reliability of health status instruments

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 730-735

  Marx, Robert G ^a,b   Menezes, Alia ^b   Horovitz, Lois ^a   Jones, Edward C ^b   Warren, Russell F ^a  

^a Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service   (United States)

^b Ctr Clin Outcome Res Hosp S   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument; Knee; Measurement; Reliability; Retest; Scale

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING OF THE KNEE OUTCOME SURVEY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS SPORTS KNEE RATING SCALE; ARTICLE; CINCINNATI KNEE RATING SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; LYSHOLM SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042885972     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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