Using patients' and rheumatologists' opinions to specify a short form of the WOMAC function subscale

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-79

  Tubach, Florence ^a   Baron, G ^a   Falissard, B ^b   Logeart, I ^c   Dougados, M ^d   Bellamy, N ^e   Ravaud, P ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c Dohme Chibret Centre de Recherche Riom   (France)

^d Chibret Laboratories ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES FUNCTION SUBSCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 11344265273     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.019539     Document Type: Article

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