The stability and equivalence reliability of the functional independence measure for children (WeeFIm)®

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 907-916

  Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a   Taylor, Elizabeth T ^a   Msall, Michael E ^a   Braun, Susan ^a   Lane, Shelly J ^a   Granger, Carl V ^a   Lyons, Nancy ^a   Duffy, Linda C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029800413     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15047.x     Document Type: Article

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