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Original Article

The Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire (SMFA)
Cross-cultural adaptation, validity, reliability and responsiveness of the Swedish SMFA (SMFA-Swe)

Sari Ponzer Department of Orthopedics, Karolinska Institutet at Stockholm Soder Hospital, Stockholm, Section for Personal Injury Prevention, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anne Skoog Department of Orthopedics, Karolinska Institutet at Stockholm Soder Hospital, Stockholm, Section for Personal Injury Prevention, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gunnar Bergström Department of Orthopedics, Karolinska Institutet at Stockholm Soder Hospital, Stockholm, Section for Personal Injury Prevention, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 756-763 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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