Reliability validity, and responsiveness of the lower extremity functional scale for inpatients of an orthopaedic rehabilitation ward

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 468-477

  Yeung, Teresa S M ^a,c   Wessel, Jean ^b   Stratford, Paul ^b   Macdermid, Joy ^b  

^a WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inpatients; LEFS; Orthopaedic; Outcome measure

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649977568     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2009.2971     Document Type: Article

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