SCIM III is reliable and valid in a separate analysis for traumatic spinal cord lesions

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-296

  Bluvshtein, V ^a,b   Front, L ^a   Itzkovich, M ^a,b   Aidinoff, E ^a   Gelernter, I ^b   Hart, J ^a,b   Biering Soerensen, F ^c   Weeks, C ^d   Laramee, M T ^e   Craven, C ^f   Hitzig, S L ^f   Glaser, E ^g   Zeilig, G ^b,h   Aito, S ⁱ   Scivoletto, G ^j   Mecci, M ^k   Chadwick, R J ^k   Masry, W S E ^l   Osman, A ^l   Glass, C A ^m   Silva, P ^m   Soni, B M ^m   Gardner, B P ⁿ   Savic, G ⁿ   Bergstrom E M ⁿ   Catz, A ^a,b   more..

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

^e Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^f TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g Neurological Rehab Centre   (Germany)

^h SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^k North of England Spinal Cord Injuries Centre   (United Kingdom)

^l ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁿ STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

disability assessment; reliability; traumatic spinal cord lesions; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE III; SPINAL CORD LESION; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551680485     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.111     Document Type: Article

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