Relationships between impairment and physical disability as measured by the functional independence measure

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 566-573

  Heinemann, Allen W ^a   Linacre, John Michael ^b   Wright, Benjamin D ^b   Hamilton, Byron B ^c   Granger, Carl ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Measurement; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027283336     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9993(93)90153-2     Document Type: Article

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