Psychometric characteristics of the barthel activities of daily living index in stroke patients

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 526-532

  Hsueh, I P ^a   Lee, M M ^a   Hsieh, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barthel index; Reliability; Responsiveness; Stroke; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TAIWAN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0034772486     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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