Development and reliability of the General Motor Function Assessment Scale (GMF) - A performance-based measure of function-related dependence, pain and insecurity

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 462-472

  Åberg, Anna Cristina ^a   Lindmark, Birgitta ^a   Lithell, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037849947     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828031000069762     Document Type: Article

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