The Development and Validity of the Salford Gait Tool: An Observation-Based Clinical Gait Assessment Tool

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-327

  Toro, Brigitte ^a   Nester, Christopher J ^a   Farren, Pauline C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait; Physical therapy techniques; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SALFORD GAIT TOOL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 33847164826     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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