Measuring mobility limitations in children with cerebral palsy: Content and construct validity of a mobility questionnaire (MobQues)

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Van Ravesteyn, Nicolien T ^a,b   Scholtes, Vanessa A ^a   Becher, Jules G ^a   Roorda, Leo D ^c   Verschuren, Olaf ^d   Dallmeijer, Annet J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Rehabilitation Center De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR SKILLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956473210     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03729.x     Document Type: Article

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