A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Leite, Jose C De Carvalho ^a   Jerosch Herold, Christina ^a   Song, Fujian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750532264     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-78     Document Type: Review

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