Measurement of decline of functioning in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Responsiveness and possible applications of the Functional Independence Measure, Barthel Index, Rehabilitation Activities Profile and Frenchay Activities Index

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-172

  De Groot, Imelda J M ^a,b   Post, Marcel W M ^a,c   Van Heuveln, Tineke ^d   van den Berg, Leonard H ^c   Lindeman, Eline ^a,c  

^a Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities; ALS; Assessment; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EFFECT SIZE; FRENCHAY ACTIVITIES INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33750456183     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820600640620     Document Type: Article

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