Assessing Validity of the QuickDASH and SF-12 as Surveillance Tools among Workers with Neck or Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-365

  Fan, Z Joyce ^a   Smith, Caroline K ^a   Silverstein, Barbara A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SYMPTOM; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 55649124307     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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