Psychometric properties of QuickDASH - A classical test theory and Rasch analysis study

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Franchignoni, Franco ^a   Ferriero, Giorgio ^a   Giordano, Andrea ^a   Sartorio, Francesco ^a   Vercelli, Stefano ^a   Brigatti, Elisa ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal disorders; Outcome assessment; QuickDASH; Rasch analysis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUICKDASH; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79551565181     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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