Assessing functional mobility in survivors of lower-extremity sarcoma: Reliability and validity of a new assessment tool

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-189

  Marchese, Victoria G ^a   Rai, Shesh N ^a   Carlson, Claire A ^b   Hinds, Pamela S ^a   Spearing, Elena M ^b   Zhang, Lijun ^a   Callaway, Lulie ^a   Neel, Michael D ^a   Rao, Bhaskar N ^a   Ginsberg, Jill P ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional mobility; Lower extremity sarcoma; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPORT; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TORONTO EXTREMITY SALVAGE SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR; WORK CAPACITY;

AMPUTATION; BONE NEOPLASMS; CANES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRUTCHES; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; EXERTION; HUMANS; LEG; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SARCOMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPORTS; SURVIVORS; WALKING; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34447294013     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20932     Document Type: Article

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