Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : The Locomotor Capabilities Index; validity and reliability of the Swedish version in adults with lower limb amputation | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Open Access The Locomotor Capabilities Index validity and reliability of the Swedish version in adults with lower limb amputation Brita Larsson41 Anton Johannesson 42 Ingemar H Andersson3 and Isam Atroshi4 5 Address Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Hassleholm Hospital SE-28125 Hassleholm Sweden 2Department of Clinical Sciences Lund University Lund Sweden Ortopedteknik AB Kristianstad Hospital Kristianstad Sweden 3Department of Health and Society Kristianstad University Kristianstad Sweden 4Department of Clinical Sciences Lund University Lund Sweden and 5Department of Orthopedics Hassleholm and Kristianstad Hospitals Hassleholm Sweden Email Brita Larsson - Anton Johannesson - Ingemar H Andersson - Isam Atroshi - Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 23 May 2009 Received 9 April 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 44 doi 86 1477-7525-7-44 Accepted 23 May 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 44 2009 Larsson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The Locomotor Capabilities Index LCI is a validated measure of lower-limb amputees ability to perform activities with prosthesis. We have developed the LCI Swedish version and evaluated its validity and reliability. Methods Cross-cultural adaptation to Swedish included forward backward translations and field testing. The Swedish LCI was then administered to 144 amputees 55 women mean age 74 4093 years attending post-rehabilitation prosthetic training. Construct validity was assessed by examining the relationship between the LCI and Timed .
