Interrater reliability of the coma recovery scale

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 61-66

  O'Dell, Michael W ^a,c,d   Jasin, Philip ^c   Stivers, Maria ^c   Lyons, Nancy ^c   Schmidt, Suzie ^c   Moore, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program   (United States)

^d 5161 Medical Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029949502     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199606000-00009     Document Type: Article

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