The patient-specific functional scale: Measurement properties in patients with knee dysfunction

Physical Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 820-829

  Chatman, Andre B ^a   Hyams, Scott P ^a   Neel, James M ^a   Binkley, Jill M ^a   Stratford, Paul W ^a   Schomberg, Ann ^a   Stabler, Mike ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disability; Health status measure; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0030750449     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/77.8.820     Document Type: Article

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