Background and Purpose—The Barthel Index (BI) is a 10-item measure of activities of daily
living which is frequently used in clinical practice and as a trial outcome measure in stroke …

Study design: Systematic review. Objectives: To systematically review the psychometric
properties of outcome measures used to assess ambulation in people with spinal cord injury …

Abstract Objective Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living Scale (Katz ADL)
is a widely used tool to assess the level of independency in older adults. The objective of …

OBJECTIVES:: To assess multiple psychometric characteristics of a new stroke outcome
measure, the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS), using Rasch analysis, and to identify and remove …

Objective: To adapt the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) for use in Turkey and to
assess its validity and reliability. Design: After the translation procedure, reliability was …

Background The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale is the most
widely used scale for the assessment of IADL in the elderly population. The aim of this study …

Objective To develop a Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) for subjects with
stroke and to test the reliability and validity of K-MBI. Method Six senior physiatrists …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a Turkish version of the Berg Balance
Scale (BBS) and assess its reliability and validity. Materials and Method: Sixty healthy …

Objective: To establish the structural validity of the Chinese version of the Modified Barthel
Index and to estimate its inter-rater reliability for use with patients who have had a stroke …

The FES-I is a questionnaire which was developed to assess fear of falling. The aim of this
study was to evaluate validity and reliability of a Turkish language version of the FES-I in …