Pain dominates measurements of elbow function and health status

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1725-1731

  Doornberg, Job N ^a   Ring, David ^a   Fabian, Lauren M ^a   Malhotra, Leah ^a   Zurakowski, David ^b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS ELBOW EVALUATION INSTRUMENT; ARTICLE; BROBERG AND MORREY RATING SYSTEM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE INDEX; MEASUREMENT; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 23044487310     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02745     Document Type: Article

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