Is stair negotiation measured appropriately in functional assessment scales?

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-333

  van Iersel, Marianne B ^a,b   Olde, Marcel G M ^b   Mulley, Graham P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 0037408276     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr628oa     Document Type: Article

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