A comparison of the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale to objective hand function assessments

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2044-2052

  Melchior, Hanna ^a,b   Velema, Johan ^c,d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c The Leprosy Mission International   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Activity limitation; hand function; leprosy; peripheral neuropathy; validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEPROSY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053517298     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.560328     Document Type: Article

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