Validity and reliability of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC) for use in Brazil

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Lopes, Andréa Diniz ^a   Ciconelli, Rozana Mesquita ^a   Carrera, Eduardo F ^a   Griffin, Sharon ^b   Faloppa, Flávio ^a   Dos Reis, Fernando Baldy ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Questionnaires; Rotator cuff; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOINT FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER PAIN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43449135039     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31817282f4     Document Type: Article

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