The lower extremity functional scale has good clinimetric properties in people with ankle fracture

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 580-588

  Lin, Chung Wei Christine ^b   Moseley, Anne M ^b   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Bundy, Anita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 66749144235     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080290     Document Type: Article

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