Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11 , Pages 1436-1440 , November 2007

Reliability of the Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale for Families of Young Children With Cerebral Palsy

Presented to the 22nd International Seating Symposium, March 2, 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada, and the 23rd International Seating Symposium, March 9, 2007, Orlando, FL.

  • Stephen E. Ryan, BESc, PEng

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Stephen E. Ryan, BESc, PEng, Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab, 150 Kilgour Rd, Toronto, ON M4G 1R8, Canada
    • ,
  • Kent A. Campbell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Public Health Sciences, and Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • ,
  • Patricia J. Rigby, MHSc, OTReg (Ont)

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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 Supported by the SickKids Foundation/Institute for Human Development, Child and Youth Health-Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. XG 04-088) and Bloorview Childrens Hospital Foundation (grant no. F04-11).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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PII: S0003-9993(07)01292-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.777

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11 , Pages 1436-1440 , November 2007

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