Functional rating index: A new valid and reliable instrument to measure the magnitude of clinical change in spinal conditions

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-87

  Feise, Ronald J ^a,c   Michael Menke, J ^b  

^a Inst of Evidence Based Chiropractic   (United States)

^b Palmer College of Chiropractic West   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Back pain; Neck pain; Outcome; Practicality; Reliability; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RATING INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035161770     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200101010-00015     Document Type: Article

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