Rasch analysis of the functional independence measure (FIM(TM)) mastery test

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-57

  Granger, Carl V ^a   Deutsch, Anne ^a   Linn, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031935442     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90208-8     Document Type: Article

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