Translation into Greek, Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH)

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-357

  Themistocleous, George S ^a,b   Goudelis, George ^a,b   Kyrou, Ioulia ^b   Chloros, George D ^b   Krokos, Antonios ^a,b   Galanos, Antonios ^a   Gerostathopoulos, Nikolaos E ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^b  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE ARTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33745992632     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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