The Italian version of the Lower Extremity Functional Scale was reliable, valid, and responsive

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 550-557

  Cacchio, Angelo ^a   De Blasis, Elisabetta ^b   Necozione, Stefano ^c   Rosa, Francesco ^d   Riddle, Daniel L ^e   di Orio, Ferdinando ^c   De Blasis, Domenico ^b   Santilli, Valter ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SS Filippo e Nicola Hospital of Avezzano   (Italy)

^c University School of Medicine   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Disability; Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS); Reliability; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEG DISEASE; LOWER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77949658936     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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