Agreement among three instruments for measuring functional health status and quality of life in pediatric orthopaedics

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Wren, Tishya A L ^a,b   Sheng, Minya ^a   Hara, Reiko ^a   Otsuka, Norman Y ^c   Bowen, Richard E ^c   Scaduto, Anthony A ^c   Kay, Robert M ^a,b   Chan, Linda S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Outcome instruments; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC EVALUATION AND DISABILITY INVENTORY; PEDIATRIC OUTCOMES DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847179421     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpb.0000242436.65940.1a     Document Type: Article

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