Functional assessment and outcome measures for the rehabilitation health professional

Dittmar, Sharon & Gresham, Glen (Eds.) (1997). Functional assessment and outcome measures for the rehabilitation health professional. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers. Pn. xiii & 233

This volume is directed to rehabilitation personnel in many disciplines to assist them in their efforts to document and quantify the functional status of individuals before, during, and after re-associated with rehabilitation medicine, the allied health sciences, and assistive technology, the book focuses on providing rehabilitation also contributes specifically to the measurement of goals for independence, empowerment, and maximum human functioning and health.

The book is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of functional assessment and evaluation, including a con-development of functional assessment, background leading to the development...