The arm motor ability test: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of an instrument for assessing disabilities in activities of daily living

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 615-620

  Kopp, Bruno ^a   Kunkel, Annett ^a   Flor, Herta ^a   Platz, Thomas ^b   Rose, Ulrike ^a   Mauritz, Karl Heinz ^b   Gresser, Klaus ^b   McCulloch, Karen L ^c   Taub, Edward ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030924386     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90427-5     Document Type: Article

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