Psychometric evidence for clinical outcome measures assessing shoulder disorders

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 331-346

  Roy, Jean Sébastien ^a,b   Esculier, Jean François ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c PCN Physiotherapy Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impairment; Outcome measure; Range of motion; Reliability; Responsiveness; Shoulder; Strength; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904453854     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X11Y.0000000043     Document Type: Article

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