Clinimetric testing of three self-report outcome measures for low back pain patients in Brazil: Which one is the best?

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Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2459-2463

  Costa, Leonardo Oliveira Pena ^a,b,e   Maher, Chris G ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Ferreira, Paulo Henrique ^c,d   Ferreira, Manuela Loureiro ^b,c   Pozzi, Giovanni Campos ^b   Freitas, Ludmilla Motta Andrade ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional rating index; Low back pain; Patient Specific Functional Scale; Portuguese version; Reproducibility; Roland Morris disability questionnaire; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; COMPREHENSION; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58149184322     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181849dbe     Document Type: Article

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