Defining, agreeing on, and testing an international physical therapy core data set: Results of a feasibility study involving seven countries

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 378-387

  Holdsworth, Lesley K ^a   Webster, Valerie S ^b   Rafferty, Daniel ^a  

^a Caledonia House   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859176232     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110001     Document Type: Article

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