Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, internal consistency and validation of the Arabic version of the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) for Egyptian people with knee injuries

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1855-1864

  Almangoush, A ^a   Herrington, L ^a   Attia, I ^b   Jones, R ^a   Aldawoudy, A ^b   Abdul Aziz, A ^c   Waley, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Alexandria Knee Centre   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arabic version; Cross cultural; Knee injuries; KOOS; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGYPT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARABIC VERSION; CROSS-CULTURAL; KNEE INJURIES; KOOS; VALIDATION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EGYPT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84888877386     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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