Open AccessFunctional Abilities Confidence Scale: A Clinical Measure for Injured Workers With Acute Low Back Pain
Author(s) -
Renee Williams,
Anita M. Myers
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.1093/ptj/78.6.624
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , discriminant validity , physical therapy , reliability (semiconductor) , medicine , confidence interval , convergent validity , test (biology) , scale (ratio) , internal consistency , physical medicine and rehabilitation , clinical psychology , psychology , psychometrics , low back pain , alternative medicine , quantum mechanics , power (physics) , pathology , biology , physics , paleontology
The Functional Abilities Confidence Scale (FACS) measures self-confidence concerning various movements and postures affected by low back pain (LBP). This article describes the scale's development, based on qualitative themes suggested by clinicians and patients, and its psychometric properties.
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