The Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS): Scale development, measurement properties, and clinical application

Physical Therapy

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-383

  Binkley, Jill M ^a   Stratford, Paul W ^a   Lott, Sue Ann ^a   Riddle, Daniel L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disability; Function; Functional scales; Sensitivity to change; Tests and measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032936096     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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