New technology-based functional assessment tools should avoid the weaknesses and proliferation of manual functional assessments

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 619-632

  Lowe, Shane A ^a   Rodríguez Molinero, Alejandro ^a,b   Glynn, Liam ^a   Breen, Paul P ^a,c   Baker, Paul M A ^d   Sanford, Jon ^d   Jones, Brian D ^d   Ólaighin, Gearóid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Fundació Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat Vilanova i la Geltrú   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Activity monitoring; Functional ability; Functional assessment; Functional health; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRENCHAY ACTIVITIES INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; KATZ INDEX; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84876887474     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.12.003     Document Type: Review

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