Translation and psychometric testing of the Rotator Cuff Quality-of-Life Measure (RC-QOL) for use in German;Übersetzung und psychometrische austestung des rotator cuff quality-of-life measure (RC-QOL) für den gebrauch im deutschen sprachraum

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 188-197

  Huber, W ^a,b   Hofstaetter, J G ^b   Hanslik Schnabel, B ^b   Posch, M ^c   Wurnig, C ^b  

^a Univ Klin für Orthopädie ^*  (Austria)

^b University of Vienna   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

German version; Multidimensional questionnaire; Quality of life; Reliability; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIMB DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; ROTATOR CUFF; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944391965     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00393-005-0646-3     Document Type: Article

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