Validation of the Chinese Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index in Patients From Mainland China With Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Symonds, Tara; Hughes, Bernadette; Liao, Shanmei; Ang, Qiuqing; Bellamy, Nicholas

doi:10.1002/acr.22631

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Validation of the Chinese Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index in Patients From Mainland China With Osteoarthritis of the Knee

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Authors:

Tara Symonds

Bernadette Hughes

Shanmei Liao

Abstract

Objective To establish the reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) among Chinese subjects with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, living in mainland China. Methods A multicenter, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐co...

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