Validity and reproducibility of self-report measures of walking capacity in lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2097-2102

  Tomkins Lane, Christy C ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

criterion; lumbar spinal stenosis; outcome measure; reproducibility; self report; validity; walking capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SPINAL STENOSIS; WALKING;

EID: 78149284153     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f5e13b     Document Type: Article

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