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How Functional Independence Measurement (FIM) Is Used in Rehab

The Functional Independence Measurement (FIM) is an assessment tool that measures a patient's ability to carry out activities of daily living. There are six categories of activity that the scale ...
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Functional Ability and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evaluation Using the Functional Independence Measure and the Reintegration to Normal Living Index

Quality of Life Research, Vol. 4, No. 5, Second Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research: Abstracts of the Contributed Papers (Oct., 1995), p. 407 (1 page) ...
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Associations between a Functional Independence Measure (WeeFIM) and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL4.0) in Young Children with Physical Disabilities

Objectives: To determine the association between functional status, measured by the WeeFIM and health-related quality of life (HRQL), measured by the PedsQL4.0 for children with physical disabilities.
Fierce Healthcare

Patients' functional independence may predict readmissions

Inpatients' ability to perform everyday tasks like walking, eating and dressing themselves could help determine their likelihood of readmission within 30 days, according to a new study published in ...
Healio

Pulmonary rehabilitation improves functional independence in COPD, fibrotic ILD

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers reported significant improvements in functional independence from rehabilitation entry to discharge.