The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 10 , Pages 854-856 , October 2009

Differences in reported psychometric properties of the Neck Disability Index: patient population or choice of methods?

  • Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work & Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, ON M5G 2E9, Canada
    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute for Work & Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, ON M5G 2E9, Canada. Tel.: (416) 927-2027.

Received 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 2 July 2009.

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 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00323-4

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.07.001

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 10 , Pages 854-856 , October 2009

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