The Patient-Specific Functional Scale: Validity in Workers' Compensation Claimants

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1294-1299

  Gross, Douglas P ^a,b   Battié, Michele C ^a   Asante, Alexander K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Workers' Compensation Board Alberta   (Canada)

^c Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disabled persons; Musculoskeletal diseases; Psychometrics; Rehabilitation; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 45949095164     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.040     Document Type: Article

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