Five additional mobility and locomotor items to improve responsiveness of the FIM in wheelchair-dependent individuals with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 495-504

  Middleton, J W ^a,b   Harvey, L A ^a,b   Batty, J ^c   Cameron, I ^a   Quirk, R ^a   Winstanley, J ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Mobility; Outcome measurement; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33746831536     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101872     Document Type: Article

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