Clinical Outcome Variables Scale: A retrospective validation study in patients after stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 609-613

  Salter, Katherine ^a   Jutai, Jeffrey ^a,b   Foley, Norine ^a   Teasell, Robert ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Mobility; Outcome measures; Stroke; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 77954687806     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0567     Document Type: Article

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