Functional Index-2: Validity and reliability of a disease-specific measure of impairment in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-122

  Alexanderson, Helene ^a   Broman, Lisbet ^a   Tollbäck, Anna ^a   Josefson, Annika ^b   Lundberg, Ingrid E ^c   Stenström, Christina H ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Functional index; Muscle endurance; Outcome measure; Polymyositis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL INDEX 2; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMYOSITIS; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POLYMYOSITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 32544453552     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21715     Document Type: Article

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