Item hierarchy-based analysis of the rivermead mobility index resulted in improved interpretation and enabled faster scoring in patients undergoing rehabilitation after stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1091-1096

  Roorda, Leo D ^a   Green, John R ^b   Houwink, Annemieke ^c   Bagley, Pam J ^d   Smith, Jane ^b   Molenaar, Ivo W ^e   Geurts, Alexander C ^c,f  

^a Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center Reade   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Mobility limitation; Outcome assessment (health care); Psychometrics; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOKKEN SCALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861571296     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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