conclusions this persian version of the fim can be used as a valid, reliable, and replicable instrument for research and rehabilitation purposes in tbi patients. results the inter-rater reliability was acceptable on admission and at discharge (icc = 0.779 to 0.895). the internal consistency of fim and its subscales were excellent (α ≥ 0.97). the results for criterion validity by adjusting the v...

Objective: This study evaluated variations in functional outcome for patients participating in a multidisciplinary acute inpatient rehabilitation program specific for brain tumors at a free standing acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Methods: Data was collected retrospectively for 45 patients with brain tumors admitted for inpatient rehabilitation from January 1, 2008 to May 1, 2009. Prim...

BACKGROUND The importance of evaluating disability outcome measures is well recognised. The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was developed to be a more comprehensive and "sensitive" measure of disability than the Barthel Index (BI). Although the FIM is widely used and has been shown to be reliable and valid, there is limited information about its responsiveness, particularly in comparison ...

The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scale is used in in-patient occupational therapy to measure progress of functional skills such as dressing, bathing, and eating. The recent changes in healthcare, transitioning from fee-for-service to capitative service delivery model, are requiring therapists to advance their skills in the area of prognostics. If the FIM can be used as an outcomes pred...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of early comprehensive rehabilitation protocols for traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the functional independence measure (FIM), and to study the relationship between FIM and Glasgow coma scale (GCS) variables to determine which patients will be best served by rehabilitation therapies. METHODS Fifty-one subjects with diagnosed TBI receiving treatment at a s...

BACKGROUND Good responsive functional outcome measures are important to measure change in stroke patients. The aim of study was to compare the internal and external responsiveness, floor and ceiling effects of the motor, cognition, and communication subscales of the Lucerne ICF-based Multidisciplinary Observation Scale (LIMOS) with the motor and cognition subscales of the Functional Independenc...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively the Trunk Control Test (TCT) correlation at admission to rehabilitation with length of stay, functional independence measure (FIM), gait velocity, walking distance and balance measured at discharge in 28 hemiparetic patients. FIM and TCT were registered on admission. Outcome measures at discharge were: FIM, gait velocity, walking distance ...

In this survey paper, a summary of results which are to be found in a series of papers, is presented. The subject of interest is focused on matrix algebraic properties of the Fisher information matrix (FIM) of stationary processes. The FIM is an ingredient of the Cramér-Rao inequality, and belongs to the basics of asymptotic estimation theory in mathematical statistics. The FIM is interconnecte...