Spinal cord independence measure, version III: Applicability to the UK spinal cord injured population

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 723-728

  Glass, Clive A ^a   Tesio, Luigi ^b   Itzkovich, Malka ^c,d   Soni, Bakul M ^a   Silva, Pedro ^a   Mecci, Munawar ^e   Chadwick, Raymond ^e   El Masry, Waghiel ^f   Osman, Aheed ^f   Savic, Gordana ^g   Gardner, Brian ^g   Bergström, Ebba ^e   Catz, Amiram ^c,d  

^a District General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e North of England Spinal Cord Injuries Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 70349581056     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0398     Document Type: Article

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