Abiloco-kids: A rasch-built 10-item questionnaire for assessing locomotion ability in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 823-830

  Gilles, Caty D ^a   Arnould, Carlyne ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a   Lejeune, Thierry M ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Locomotion; Outcome assessment; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ABILOCO KIDS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 56749183528     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0267     Document Type: Article

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