Validation of a manual ability questionnaire in patients with systemic sclerosis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 695-703

  Vanthuyne, Marie ^a   Smith, Vanessa ^b   Arat, Seher ^c   Westhovens, Rene ^c   Keyser, Filip De ^b   Houssiau, Frederic A ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a   Vandervelde, Laure ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66249144124     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24426     Document Type: Article

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