Spinal Cord Independence Measure: Comprehensive ability rating scale for the spinal cord lesion patient

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-68

  Catz, Amiram ^a   Itzkovich, Malka ^b  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ability rating scales; Burden of care; Clinical trials; Functional assessment; Goal determination; Rasch analysis; Rehabilitation; Reliability; SCIM; Scoring techniques; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABILITY RATING SCALES; BURDEN OF CARE; CLINICAL TRIALS; GOAL DETERMINATION; RASCH ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

APTITUDE TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; SPINAL CORD LESION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 34250008984     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.07.0123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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