Test–re-test reproducibility of activity capacity measures for children with an acquired brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1143-1149

  Baque, Emmah ^a   Barber, Lee ^a   Sakzewski, Leanne ^a   Boyd, Roslyn N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

acquired brain injury; activity capacity; adolescents; children; reliability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HIGH LEVEL MOBILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THIRTY SECOND REPETITION MAXIMUM OF FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; VIDEORECORDING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN INJURY; DISABILITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 84975153622     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2016.1165869     Document Type: Article

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