Portuguese version of the standardized Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire: Cross cultural and reliability

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Mesquita, Cristina Carvalho ^b   Ribeiro, José Carlos ^a   Moreira, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross cultural adaptation; Musculoskeletal symptomatology; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NORDIC MUSCULOSKELETAL QUESTIONNAIRE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORKER;

EID: 77958086610     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-010-0331-0     Document Type: Article

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