Author's response to reviews Title: Translating the Dutch Walking Stairs, Walking Ability and Rising and Sitting Questionnaire into German and assess its construct validity with VAS measures of pain and activity in daily living. Authors:
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Translating the Dutch Walking Stairs, Walking Ability and Rising and Sitting Questionnaires into German and assessing their concurrent validity with VAS measures of pain and activities in daily living
BACKGROUND The Dutch Walking Stairs, Walking Ability and Rising and Sitting Questionnaires are three validated instruments to measure physical activity and limitations in daily living in patients with lower extremity disorders living at home of which no German equivalents are available. Our scope was to translate the Walking Stairs, Walking Ability and Rising and Sitting Questionnaires into Ger...
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