Is the Rivermead Mobility Index appropriate to measure mobility in lower limb amputees?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-153

  Ryall, N H ^a   Eyres, S B ^b   Neumann, V C ^a   Bhakta, B B ^b   Tennant, A ^b  

^a CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rheumatology Rehab Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOBILIZATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037417729     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828021000024951     Document Type: Review

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