Measuring activity limitations in climbing stairs: Development of a hierarchical scale for patients with lower-extremity disorders living at home

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 967-971

  Roorda, Leo D ^a   Roebroeck, Marij E ^a,b   Van Tilburg, Theo ^c   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability evaluation; Lower extremity; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLIMBING; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HOME; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX RATIO; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMPUTEES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLIOMYELITIS;

EID: 3042535592     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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