RC-QOL score for rotator cuff pathology: Adaptation to Italian

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1417-1424

  Papalia, Rocco ^a   Osti, Leonardo ^b   Leonardi, Francesco ^a   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b HESPERIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Italian translation; Quality of life; Questionnaire; RC QOL; Rotator cuff pathology; Score

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TENDON INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSLATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956882646     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0943-5     Document Type: Article

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