A Pilot Study to Modify the SF-36V Physical Functioning Scale for Use With Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1059-1066

  Luther, Stephen L ^a,b   Kromrey, Jeffrey ^c   Powell Cope, Gail ^a   Rosenberg, Deborah ^a   Nelson, Audrey ^a,b   Ahmed, Shahbaz ^a,b   Quigley, Patricia ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDITY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VETERANS;

EID: 33746299497     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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