Development and cognitive testing of the Nottwil environmental factors inventory in Canada, Switzerland and the USA

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 618-625

  Juvalta, Sibylle ^a,b   Post, Marcel W M ^a,c,d   Charlifue, Susan ^e   Noreau, Luc ^f,g   Whiteneck, Gale ^e   Dumont, Frédéric S ^f   Reinhardt, Jan D ^a,h,i  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; ICF; Questionnaires; Social participation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936752635     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1982     Document Type: Article

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