TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - Assessment of the Predictive Validity of the Injury Impairment Scale in Multiple Injured Patients With a Head Injury JO - Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine A1 - Van Camp, L A1 - Broos, P. A1 - DeLooz, Herman A1 - Vanderschot, P. A1 - Sabbe, Marc A1 - Dechamps, M SP - 199 EP - 212 VL - 40 IS - N2 - Self-reported Functional Independence Measure (FIM) values, one year or more after injury, in multiple injured major trauma patients with a head injury, have been correlated with patients' Injury Impairment Scale (IIS) scores. The response to the postal FIM questionnaire was 77.1% (145 patients). There was no demonstrated clinical useful correlation between on the one side the IIS and on the other side mobility and cognitive function, expressed in the FIM.

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