Interobserver Reliability of the Amsterdam Severity Scale in Stenosing Tenosynovitis (ASSiST)

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Peter, Wilfred F H ^a   Steultjens, Martijn P ^a,b   Mesman, Tamara ^a   Dekker, Joost ^a,b   Hoeksma, Agnes F ^a  

^a JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMSTERDAM SEVERITY SCALE IN STENOSING TENOSYNOVITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STENOSING TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENDON ENTRAPMENT;

EID: 70350070430     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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