Developed by:
Florence I. Mahoney and Dorothea W. Barthel.

Objective:
To measure a person's daily functioning specifically the activities of daily living and mobility.

Copyright:
The Maryland State Medical Society holds the copyright for the Barthel Index.
Mahoney FI, Barthel D. "Functional evaluation: the Barthel Index."
Maryland State Med Journal 1965;14:56-61. Used with permission.
Permission is required to modify the Barthel Index or to use it for commercial purposes.

Reference publications:
Mahoney FI, Barthel D. “Functional evaluation: the Barthel Index.” Maryland State Medical Journal 1965;14:56-61. Used with permission.

Loewen SC, Anderson BA. “Predictors of stroke outcome using objective measurement scales.” Stroke. 1990;21:78-81.

Gresham GE, Phillips TF, Labi ML. “ADL status in stroke: relative merits of three standard indexes.” Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1980;61:355-358.

Collin C, Wade DT, Davies S, Horne V. “The Barthel ADL Index: a reliability study.” Int Disability Study.1988;10:61-63.


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