Reproducibility of the Dutch version of the Western Ontario rotator cuff Index

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-170

  Wiertsema, Suzanne H ^a   Rietberg, Marc B ^a   Hekman, Karin M ^a   Schothorst, Maaike ^a   Steultjens, Martijn P ^b   Dekker, Joost ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Reproducibility; Test retest reliability; Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84872676934     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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