Reliability of a visual analog version of the QuickDASH

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1782-1787

  Matheson, Leonard N ^a   Melhorn, J Mark ^b   Mayer, Tom G ^c   Theodore, Brian R ^d   Gatchel, Robert J ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hand Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PRIDE Research Foundation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICKDASH SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33746872983     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00406     Document Type: Article

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