Construction and validation of the Scoliosis Quality of Life Index in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1310-1315

  Feise, Ronald J ^a,e   Donaldson, Sandra ^b   Crowther, Edward R ^c   Michael Menke, J ^d   Wright, James G ^b  

^a American Chiropractic Scoliosis Foundation   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Outcome assessment; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Reliability; Scoliosis; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 20344363930     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000163885.12834.ca     Document Type: Article

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