A critical review of functional capacity evaluations

Physical Therapy

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 852-866

  King, Phyllis M ^a   Tuckwell, Nicola ^a   Barrett, Tanya E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disability; Evaluation; Functional capacity evaluation; Physical capacity

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031903334     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/78.8.852     Document Type: Review

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