Confounding pain and function: the WOMAC's failure to accurately predict lower extremity function

Background: Investigations have revealed the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index’s (WOMAC) inability to provide distinct assessments of pain and function. The Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) has not displayed this deficiency. Our purposes were to investigate furthe...

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Main Authors: Paul Stratford, PT, MSc, Deborah Kennedy, PT, MSc, Hance Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344118301067