Inter-Rater Reliability for Function and Strength Measurements in the Acute Care Hospital after Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-134

  Kwoh, C Kent ^a,d   Petrick, Monica A ^b   Munin, Michael C ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85044491636     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790100208     Document Type: Article

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