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Vol. 75, No. 3, March 1995, pp. 176-177
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Charles H Goldsmith

CH Goldsmith, PhD, is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5

This excerpt was created in the absence of an abstract.

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Why was the Harris Hip Rating Scale chosen as the standard against which validity would be determined? The Harris scale is claimed by the authors to be the gold standard for orthopedic surgeons. It would have been useful, however, to demonstrate the measurement properties of the Harris Hip Rating Scale to see that it did make sense to meet the gold standard statement for measures in physical therapy.

The authors state that 86 patients participated in the study. Were there more? Were these the most responsive ones? Readers should be able to see whether the results apply to all the patients for joint replacement. Consequently, it is useful to know how many patients went through the clinics that they used for the joint replacement study....


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