Establishing the reliability and validity of measurements of walking time using the emory functional ambulation profile

Physical Therapy

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1122-1133

  Wolf, Steven L ^a   Catlin, Pamela A ^a   Gage, Katherine ^a   Gurucharri, Karen ^a   Robertson, Renee ^a   Stephen, Kathleen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ambulation; Balance; Functional assessment; Gait speed; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOBILIZATION; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING; WALKING AID;

EID: 0033455554     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/79.12.1122     Document Type: Article

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