Development and validation of a self-report version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM III)

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Fekete, C ^a   Eriks Hoogland, I ^a   Baumberger, M ^a   Catz, A ^b   Itzkovich, M ^b   Luthi H ^a   Post, M W M ^a,c   Von Elm, E ^d,e   Wyss, A ^a   Brinkhof, M W G ^a,f  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; outcome measures; SCIM; spinal cord injury; validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872063246     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.87     Document Type: Article

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