Measuring upper limb capacity in poststroke patients: Development, fit of the monotone homogeneity model, unidimensionality, fit of the double monotonicity model, differential item functioning, internal consistency, and feasibility of the stroke upper limb capacity scale, SULCS

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-227

  Roorda, Leo D ^a,b   Houwink, Annemieke ^a   Smits, Wendy ^c   Molenaar, Ivo W ^d   Geurts, Alexander C ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Rehabilitation and Rheumatology   (Netherlands)

^c Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Outcome assessment (health care); Psychometrics; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FIT OF THE DOUBLE MONOTONICITY MODEL; FIT OF THE MONOTONE HMOGENEITY MODEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOKKEN SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UPPER LIMB CAPACITY SCALE; UNIDIMENSIONALITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79251624652     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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