Construct validity and test-retest reliability of the walking questionnaire in people with a lower limb amputation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 983-989

  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; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; REHABILITATION CENTER; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VASCULAR DISEASE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FITTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84861570041     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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