Which questionnaire is best? The reliability, validity and ease of use of the patient evaluation measure, the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand and the Michigan hand outcome measure

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Dias, Joseph J ^a,b   Rajan, R A ^a,b   Thompson, J R ^a,b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Hand surgery; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; GONIOMETRY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND DISEASE; HAND FRACTURE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KIENBOECK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TIME; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS; VALIDITY; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42549167007     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193407087121     Document Type: Article

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