Translation and psychometric testing of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC) for use in Germany;Übersetzung und psychometrische austestung des Western-Ontario- Rotator-Cuff-Index (WORC) für den gebrauch in deutscher sprache

Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-460

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

^a University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

German version; Multidimensional questionnaire; Quality of life; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTANT SCORE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHORT FORM 36; UCLA SCORE; WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX; AGED; AUSTRIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 24644480925     PISSN: 00443220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-836677     Document Type: Article

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