Psychometric characteristics of Duruoz Hand Index in patients with traumatic hand flexor tendon injuries.

Abstract

DHI is a reliable, valid questionnaire to assess hand-related activity limitation in patients with traumatic hand flexor tendon injuries. Also, due to its high level responsiveness DHI can be used for assessing the clinical course of the traumatic hand flexor tendon injured patient.

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Subjects

• Activities of Daily Living
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Disability Evaluation
• Female
• Hand Injuries
• Hand Strength
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Psychometrics
• Reproducibility of Results
• Tendon Injuries
• Treatment Outcome

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Authors

• Tülay Erçalik
• Füsun Şahin
• Cem Erçalik
• Beril Doğu
• Serap Dalgiç
• Banu Kuran

Publication date

2011-07-25

Journal

Journal topics

• Disabled Persons
• Rehabilitation

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Disability and rehabilitation

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, 34340, Turkey.

Release reference

Disabil Rehabil. 2011 ;33(17-18):1521-7

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