Deriving a barthel index from the northwick park dependency scale and the functional independence measure: Are they equivalent?

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1121-1126

  Turner Stokes, Lynne ^a   Williams, Heather ^a   Rose, Hilary ^a   Harris, Sarah ^a   Jackson, Diana ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 78650084079     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215510375904     Document Type: Article

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