Measurement and evidence of environmental determinants of participation in spinal cord injury: A systematic review of the literature

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 26-48

  Reinhardt, Jan D ^a,b,c,d   Post, Marcel W M ^e,f  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c ICF Research Branch   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Evidence; Measurement; Participation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 77951450972     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1504-26     Document Type: Review

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