The Achilles tendon total rupture score: A study of responsiveness, internal consistency and convergent validity on patients with acute Achilles tendon ruptures

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kearney, Rebecca S ^a   Achten, Juul ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a   Parsons, Nicholas ^a   Costa, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Questionnaires; Rupture; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACHILLES TENDON TOTAL RUPTURE SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY; ACHILLES TENDON; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDON INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857473221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-24     Document Type: Article

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