Psychometric properties of the WeeFIM in children with cerebral palsy in Turkey

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 732-738

  Tur, Birkan Sonel ^a   Küçükdeveci, Ayşe A ^a,c   Kutlay, Şehim ^a   Yavuzer, Güneş ^a   Elhan, Atilla H ^a   Tennant, Alan ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE FOR CHILDREN; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY;

EID: 68549127068     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03255.x     Document Type: Article

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