Development and reproducibility of a short questionnaire to measure use and usability of custom-made orthopaedic shoes

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 913-918

  Van Netten, Jaap J ^a,b   Hijmans, Juha M ^a,b   Jannink, Michiel J A ^c,d   Geertzen, Jan H B ^a,b   Postema, Klaas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Orthopaedic shoes; Patient satisfaction; Questionnaire; Usability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOES;

EID: 70350325569     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0447     Document Type: Article

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