The validity in persons with spinal cord injury of a self-reported functional measure derived from the functional independence measure

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Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 539-544

  Hoenig, Helen ^a,b   Branch, Laurence G ^c,d   Mclntyre, Lauren ^e   Hoff, Jennifer ^b   Horner, Ronnie D ^f  

^a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f American Federation for Aging Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional assessment; Measurement; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0033559936     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199903150-00007     Document Type: Article

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