>From: Pete Fairfield <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PHYSIO - for physiotherapists in education and practice
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>Subject: FIM Scale
>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:44:16 -0700
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>Hi there. I am exactly 42 days from graduation but still completing my
>final
>projects. Just a question - We are looking for studies implicasting the
>reliability and validity of the FIM. Does anyone have any references?
>Thanks
>mucho - Pete
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Hello Pete,
just as it happens our prior disclosure for the finals cover this here are a
few references:
1. Brosseau L., Phillipe P. & Boulanger Y (1995)
The Functional Independence Measure: Validity of selected assessment applied
to stroke survivors.
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 11(1) 75-86
2. Black TE., Soltis T. & Bartlett C (1999)
Using the Functional Independence Measure to Predict Stroke Rehabilitation
Outcomes.
Rehabilitation Nursing 24(3)109-114
3. Granger CV., Hamilton BB., Linacre JM., Heinemann AW. & Wright BD. (1993)
Performance profiles of the functional independence measure
Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehab 72(2) 84-89
4. McPherson KM., Pentland B., Cudmore SF. & Prescott RJ. (1996)
An inter-rater reliability study of the Functional Assessment Measure (FIM &
FAM)
Disability and Rehabilitation 18(7) 341-347
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