Reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the lower extremity functional scale in individuals affected by stroke

PM and R

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1019-1025

  Verheijde, Joseph L ^a   White, Fred ^b   Tompkins, James ^a   Dahl, Peder ^a   Hentz, Joseph G ^a   Lebec, Michael T ^c   Cornwall, Mark ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Hospital   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FIVE METER WALK TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LEG DYSFUNCTION; LINEAR ANALOG SCALE; LOWER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL SCALE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROREHABILITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FUNCTION SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 36; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 84890240106     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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