Reliability of outcome measures for people with lower-limb amputations: Distinguishing true change from statistical error

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-565

  Resnik, Linda ^a,b   Borgia, Matthew ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79957971482     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20100287     Document Type: Article

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