Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale into a Brazilian Portuguese version and validation on patients with knee injuries

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 932-939

  Metsavaht, Leonardo ^a   Leporace, Gustavo ^a,b   Riberto, Marcelo ^c   Sposito, Maria Matilde M ^a,c   Del Castillo, Letícia N C ^b   Oliveira, Liszt P ^d   Batista, Luiz Alberto ^b  

^a Brazilian Institute of Health Technologies   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

LEFS; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869987270     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2012.4101     Document Type: Article

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