Psychometric Assessment of the Japanese Version of the Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ): Reliability and Validity.

The Zurich Claudication Questionnaire (ZCQ) is a self-administered measure to evaluate symptom severity, physical function, and surgery satisfaction in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of the Japanese ZCQ in LSS patients.LSS patients wh...

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Main Authors: Nobuhiro Hara, Ko Matsudaira, Kazuhiro Masuda, Juichi Tohnosu, Katsushi Takeshita, Atsuki Kobayashi, Motoaki Murakami, Naohiro Kawamura, Kiyohumi Yamakawa, Sei Terayama, Satoshi Ogihara, Hiroo Shiono, Jiro Morii, Keiji Hayakawa, So Kato, Kozo Nakamura, Hiroyuki Oka, Takayuki Sawada, Kyoko Inuzuka, Norimasa Kikuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4965020?pdf=render