Developing a short form of the postural assessment scale for people with stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-90

  Chien, Chi Wen ^a,b   Lin, Jau Hong ^c   Wang, Chun Hou ^d   Hsueh, I Ping ^a,b   Sheu, Ching Fan ^e   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Posture; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM OF THE POSTURAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845538992     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306289297     Document Type: Article

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