Assessment of the test-retest reliability and construct validity of a modified WOMAC index in knee osteoarthritis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-127

  Faucher, Marc ^a   Poiraudeau, Serge ^a,c   Lefevre Colau, Marie Martine ^a   Rannou, François ^a   Fermanian, Jacques ^b   Revel, Michel ^a  

^a Univ René Descartes ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Serv Reeducation Readaptation l'A   (France)

Author keywords

Function; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Outcome measure; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1642543932     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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