“…This 126-point scale has a number of advantages: it is widely used, broad-based, simple to administer, well validated, and widely studied (Brosseau, Phillippe, Potvin, & Boulanger, 1996a, 1996bDodds, Martin, Stolov, & Deyo, 1993;Hajek, Gagnon, & Ruderman, 1997;Hamilton, Laughlin, Fiedler, & Granger, 1994;Ravaud, Delcey, Michel, & Yelni, 1999;Stineman et al, 1996). There is agreement in the literature that high and low scores correlate with outcome (Alexander , 1994;Black, Soltis, & Bartlett, 1999;Bohannon, Ahlquist, Lee, & Maljanian, 2003;Brosseau et al, 1996aBrosseau et al, , 1996bMauthe, Haff, Hayb, & Krall, 1996;Oczkowski & Bar ecca, 1993;Sandstrom et al, 1998;Schmidt & Dombovy, 1999;Ween, Alexander, D'Esposito, & Roberts, 1996;Ween, Memoff, & Alexander, 2000;Werner, 1994). In fact, patients with admission and discharge FIM scores >80 have a more than 90% probability of returning to their homes, while those with scores <40 have a 70% probability of being discharged to a skilled nursing facility.…”