Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire 22-item skill set: Factor and Rasch analyses

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-255

  Gorton Iii, George E ^a   Stout, Jean L ^b   Bagley, Anita M ^c   Bevans, Katherine ^d   Novacheck, Tom F ^b,e   Tucker, Carole A ^f  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b GILLETTE CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Shriners Hospitals for Children   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILLETTE FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551556429     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03832.x     Document Type: Article

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