Development of a Language-Independent Functional Evaluation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2074-2080

  Haig, Andrew J ^a   Jayarajan, Senthil ^c   Maslowski, Eric ^b   Yamakawa, Karen S ^a   Tinney, Melissa ^d   Beier, Klaus P ^b   Juang, Derek ^a   Chan, Lilliene ^b   Boggess, Tony ^a   Loar, Jesse ^a   Owusu Ansah, Bertha ^e   Kalpakjian, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Veterans Hospital of Huntington   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Disability evaluation; Educational status; Epidemiology; Language; Outcome assessment (health care) Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GHANA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE ARTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 71049168882     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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