Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the climbing stairs questionnaire in lower-limb amputees

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1396-1401

  De Laat, Fred A ^a,b,c   Rommers, Gerardus M ^c   Geertzen, Jan H ^c   Roorda, Leo D ^d  

^a Revalidatiecentrum Leijpark   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputation; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VASCULAR DISEASE; WALKING; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRY; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956256521     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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