Orthotics and prosthetics national office outcomes toll (OPOT): Initial reliability and validity assessment ion lower extremity prosthetics

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 101-111

  Hart, Dennis L ^a  

^a FOTO Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Lower extremity prosthetics; Outcomes; Rehabilitation; SF 12; SF 36

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844456444     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-199901140-00007     Document Type: Article

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