Houghton scale of prosthetic use in people with lower-extremity amputations: Reliability, validity, and responsiveness to change

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1339-1344

  Devlin, Michael ^a,b   Pauley, Tim ^b   Head, Kris ^c   Garfinkel, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

^c West Park Healthcare Centre ^*  (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amputation; Amputees; Prostheses and implants; Rehabilitation; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3543099263     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.025     Document Type: Article

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