Are the patient-rated wrist evaluation (PRWE) and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire used in distal radial fractures truly valid and reliable?

Bone and Joint Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 36-45

  Kleinlugtenbelt, Y V ^a,b,c   Krol, R G ^c   Bhandari, M ^c   Goslings, J C ^d   Poolman, R W ^c   Scholtes, V A B ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Disabilities of the arm shoulder and hand (dash) questionnaire; Distal radial fracture; Patient rated wrist evaluation (PRWE); Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISABILITY; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; DUTCHMAN; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 85040565941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20463758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.71.BJR-2017-0081.R1     Document Type: Article

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