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. 2011 Aug;28(8):1413–1430. doi: 10.1089/neu.2009.1148

Table 3.

Summary of the Quality Assessment of Each Instrument According to the Criteria of Terwee and Associates (2007) (some of the references were cited more than once)

Reference Instrument Content validity Internal consistency Construct validity Agreement Reliability Responsiveness Floor/ceiling effect Interpretability Setting
Gresham et al. (1986) QIF (?)   (+)   (?)       Rehabilitation
Marino et al. (1993) QIF     (+)           Rehabilitation
Marino et al. (1995) QIF     (+)           Rehabilitation
Marino and Goin (1999) Short-form QIF   (+) (+)           Rehabilitation
Yavuz et al. (1998) QIF     (+)     (?)     Rehabilitation
Ditunno et al. (2000) WISCI I (+)   (+) (+)         Rehabilitation
Dittuno and Dittuno (2001) WISCI II     (+ to −)     (?)     NR
Ditunno et al. (2007) WISCI II     (+)           Rehabilitation & community
Ditunno et al. (2008) WISCI II     (+)     (?)   (−) Rehabilitation & community
Kim et al. (2007) WISCI II     (−)       (−)   Community
Morganti et al. (2005) WISCI II     (+)       (−) (−) Community
van Hedel et al. (2005) WISCI II     (+)   (?)       Rehabilitation
van Hedel et al. (2006) WISCI II     (−)     (?)     Rehabilitation & community
Davidoff et al. (1990) FIM     (−)       (−)   Acute care & rehabilitation
Roth et al. (1990) FIM                 Rehabilitation
Grey and Kennedy (1993) FIM             (−)   Rehabilitation
Marino et al. (1993) FIM                 Rehabilitation
Segal et al. (1993) FIM         (?)     (?) Rehabilitation
Yavuz et al. (1998) FIM     (+)     (?)     Rehabilitation
Dijkers and Yavuzer (1999) Short-form motor FIM         (+)       Community
Hall et al. (1999) FIM           (?) (−) (?) Rehabilitation & community
Kucukdeveci et al. (2001) FIM   (+ to −) (+)   (+ to −)       Rehabilitation
Beninato et al. (2004) FIM     (+)         (?) Rehabilitation
Masedo et al. (2005) FIM Self Report   (+) (+)   (?)     (?) Community
Nilsson et al. (2005) FIM   (+ to −)             Rehabilitation
Lawton et al. (2006) FIM   (+ to −) (−)       (−)   Rehabilitation
Lundgren-Nilsson et al. (2006) FIM   (−) (−)           Rehabilitation
Catz et al. (1997) SCIM I         (+) (?)     Rehabilitation
Catz, Itzkovich, Agranov et al. (2001) SCIM I           (+)     Rehabilitation
Catz, Itzkovich, Steinberg et al. (2001) SCIM II   (+)     (+ to −)     (+) Rehabilitation
Catz et al. (2002) SCIM II         (−)       Rehabilitation
Itzkovich et al. (2002) SCIM II   (+) (+)           Rehabilitation
Itzkovich et al. (2003) SCIM II         (+ to −)       Rehabilitation
Catz et al. (2007) SCIM III   (+) (−)   (+) (+)     Rehabilitation
Itzkovich et al. (2007) SCIM III   (+)     (+)       Rehabilitation
Roth et al. (1990) Modified Bathel Index     (+)           Rehabilitation
Kucukdeveci et al. (2000) Barthel Index (Turkish version)   (+) (+ to −) (+ to −)         Rehabilitation
van Hedel et al. (2005) TUG     (+) (+ to −)     (+)   Rehabilitation & community
van Hedel et al. (2008) TUG             (+)   Rehabilitation & community
van Hedel et al. (2005) 6MWT     (+) (−) (?)   (+)   Rehabilitation & community
van Hedel et al. (2006) 6MWT     (+)     (+) (+)   Rehabilitation & community
Olmos et al. (2008) 6MWT     (−)       (+)   Rehabilitation
van Hedel et al. (2005) 10MWT     (+) (+ to −) (?)   (+)   Rehabilitation & community
van Hedel et al.(2006) 10MWT     (+)     (+) (+)   Rehabilitation & community
Olmos et al. (2008) 10MWT     (+)       (+)   Rehabilitation
van Hedel et al. (2008) 10MWT     (+)       (+)   Rehabilitation & community

+, positive rating; −, negative rating; ?, indeterminate rating due to lack of information or poor study design /method; NA, not applicable; NR, not reported.