Dash and boston questionnaire assessment of carpal tunnel syndrome outcome: What is the responsiveness of an outcome questionnaire?

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29 B, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Greenslade, J R ^a   Mehta, R L ^a   Belward, P ^a   Warwick, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel release; DASH questionnaire; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

EID: 1842556337     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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