Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the questionnaire rising and sitting down in lower-limb amputees

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1305-1310

  De Laat, Fred A ^a,b,c   Rommers, Gerardus M ^c   Geertzen, Jan H ^c   Roorda, Leo D ^d  

^a Revalidatiecentrum Leijpark   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Reade   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amputation; Disability evaluation; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE RISING AND SITTING DOWN; REHABILITATION CENTER; SITTING; STANDING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79961055144     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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