Convergent evidence for construct validity of a 7-point likert scale of lower limb muscle soreness

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 494-496

  Impellizzeri, Franco M ^a,b   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b Mapei SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlation; Lower limb; Pain; Questionnaire; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; LIKERT SCALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PLYOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCCER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 36049031148     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31815aed57     Document Type: Article

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