The ABLE scale: The development and psychometric properties of an outcome measure for the spinal cord injury population

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1046-1054

  Ardolino, Elizabeth M ^a   Hutchinson, Karen J ^b   Zipp, Genevieve Pinto ^c   Clark, MaryAnn ^d   Harkema, Susan J ^e,f,g  

^a University of St Augustine   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^g Frazier Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELPHI STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84864781016     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110257     Document Type: Article

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