Functional rating index: Literature review

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Feise, Ronald J ^a   Menke, J Michael ^b  

^a Institute of Evidence Based Chiropractic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Neck pain; Outcome assessment (health care); Practicality; Reliability; Responsiveness; Treatment outcome; Validity

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RATING INDEX; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 76049090182     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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