Abstract
Self-report measures of mobility provide important insight into patients' perception of difficulties that they have in performing mobility activities. The purposes of this article are to systematically identify the most commonly cited self-report measures of mobility in the literature and to discuss their clinimetric properties. The most common measures cited in the literature are the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (physical function subscale), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Physical Functioning Questionnaire), the Barthel Index (self-report), the Lower Extremity Functional Scale, and the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (mobility subscale). The clinimetric properties of these oft-cited self-report measures tend to be favorable, especially concerning issues of reliability and validity.