Is the Bestest at its Best? A Suggested Brief version based on Interrater reliability, validity, internal consistency, and theoretical construct

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1197-1207

  Padgett, Parminder K ^a   Jacobs, Jesse V ^a   Kasser, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84865742895     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120056     Document Type: Article

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