The Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI/WISCI II): Nature, metric properties, use and misuse

Spinal Cord

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 346-355

  Ditunno Jr , J F ^a   Ditunno, P L ^a   Scivoletto, G ^b   Patrick, M ^a   Dijkers, M ^c   Barbeau, H ^d   Burns, A S ^e   Marino, R J ^a   Schmidt Read, M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

functional capacity scale; outcome measure; spinal cord injury; walking function; WISCI

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FACE VALIDITY; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERNET; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFERENCE DATABASE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING INDEX FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING SPEED;

GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 84877576614     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2013.9     Document Type: Review

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