Spinal cord injury functional ambulation profile: A new measure of walking ability

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-293

  Musselman, Kristin ^a   Brunton, Kelly ^a   Lam, Tania ^b   Yang, Jaynie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Measurement; Spinal cord injury; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY FUNCTIONAL AMBULATION PROFILE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954614536     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310381250     Document Type: Article

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