The reliability of the functional independence measure: A quantitative review

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1226-1232

  Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a,d   Hsu, Yungwen ^c   Granger, Carl V ^b   Fiedler, Roger C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Division of Healthcare Education and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; META ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030459923     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90184-7     Document Type: Article

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