Reliability of the Body Awareness Scale-Health

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Gyllensten, Amanda Lundvik ^a,b   Ovesson, Maria N ^b   Lindström, Inger ^b   Hansson, Lars ^a   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assessment; Body Awareness Scale Health; Physical therapy; Prolonged pain; Psychiatric disorders; Quality of movements; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142735362     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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