Metric properties of the spinal cord independence measure - Self report in a community survey

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 149-164

  Prodinger, Birgit ^a,b   Ballert, Carolina S ^a,b   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a,b   Tennant, Alan ^a,b   Post, Marcel W M ^a,c,d  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional status; Independence; Psychometrics; Reliability; Spinal cord injury; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959356804     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2059     Document Type: Review

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