Validity and responsiveness of the DASH questionnaire as an outcome measure following ulnar nerve transposition for cubital tunnel syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ebersole, Gregory C ^a   Davidge, Kristen ^a   Damiano, Marci ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNAR NERVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84879971296     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318290faf6     Document Type: Article

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