Interrater agreement and stability of the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM(TM)): Use in children with developmental disabilities

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1309-1315

  Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a   Msall, Michael E ^b   Lyon, Nancy R ^c   Duffy, Linda C ^c   Granger, Carl V ^d   Braun, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Robert Warner Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0031454815     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90302-6     Document Type: Article

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