Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 566-574, May 2010

BLISS index using WOMAC index detects between-group differences at low-intensity symptom states in osteoarthritis

  • Nicholas Bellamy

      Affiliations

    • Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), The University of Queensland, Level 3, Mayne Medical School, Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +011-61-7-3365-5558; fax: +011-61-7-3346-4603.
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  • Mary J. Bell

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Charlie H. Goldsmith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Shelley Lee

      Affiliations

    • i3 Innovus, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Maschio

      Affiliations

    • i3 Innovus, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Jean-Pierre Raynauld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal Institute of Rheumatology, Montreal, PQ, Canada
    • ,
  • George W. Torrance

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • i3 Innovus, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter Tugwell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Accepted 4 August 2009. published online 09 November 2009.

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PII: S0895-4356(09)00224-8

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.07.011

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 566-574, May 2010

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