A Falls Concern Scale for people with spinal cord injury (SCI-FCS)

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 704-709

  Boswell Ruys, C L ^a   Harvey, L A ^b   Delbaere, K ^a,c   Lord, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

accidental falls; falls efficacy; rehabilitation; spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY FALL CONCERN SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77956343757     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.1     Document Type: Article

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