Italian translation of the VISA-A score for tendinopathy of the main body of the Achilles tendon

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 20-22, 2008, Pages 1635-1639

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   Testa, Vittorino ^c   Oliva, Francesco ^d   Capasso, Giovanni ^e   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c Olympic Center   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Italian; Tendinopathy; Translation; VISA A

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; FACE VALIDITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; ITALY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS ASSESSMENT ACHILLES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE ARTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 56449125494     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701785965     Document Type: Article

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