Interpreting change scores of tests and measures used in physical therapy.
Over the past decade, the methods and science used to describe changes in outcomes of physical therapy services have become more refined. Recently, emphasis has been placed not only on changes beyond expected measurement error, but also on the identification of changes that make a real difference in...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 86; no. 5; pp. 735 - 744 |
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| Formato: | case study equations & formulas tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2006
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