Interrater Reliability and Validity of the Stair Ascend/Descend Test in Subjects With Total Knee Arthroplasty

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 932-938

  Almeida, Gustavo J ^a   Schroeder, Carolyn A ^a   Gil, Alexandra B ^a   Fitzgerald, G Kelley ^a   Piva, Sara R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty, replacement, knee; Muscle weakness; Rehabilitation; Task performance and analysis

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERROR; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STAIR ASCEND DESCEND TEST; STAIR UP TEST; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952698357     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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