Translation, adaptation and validation of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) for an Arab population: The Sfax modified WOMAC

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 459-468

  Guermazi, Mohammad ^a   Poiraudeau, Serge ^b,c,e   Yahia, Monem ^a   Mezganni, Monia ^a   Fermanian, Jacques ^d   Elleuch, M Habib ^a   Revel, Michel ^b,c  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b René Descartes University ^*  (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e Service de Soins de Suites Neurologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Disability; Handicap; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARAB; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUNISIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

EID: 2542643092     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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