MINDFIM: A measure of disability in high-functioning traumatic brain injury outpatients

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 913-925

  Cantagallo, Anna ^a   Carli, Silvia ^a   Simone, Anna ^b   Tesio, Luigi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Universit degli Studi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability assessment; MINDFIM; Outcome; Rasch analysis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BATH; COGNITION; COMA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROOMING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL REENTRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 33750132393     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050600832742     Document Type: Article

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