The reliability of stroke outcome measures

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 290-296

  Gompertz, Patrick H ^a   Pound, Pandora ^a   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STROKE;

EID: 0027491711     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559300700404     Document Type: Article

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