Role for telemedicine in acute stroke: Feasibility and reliability of remote administration of the NIH Stroke Scale

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2141-2145

  Shafqat, Saad ^a   Kvedar, Joseph C ^a   Guanci, Mary M ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Schwamm, Lee H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Reliability; Stroke assessment; Stroke, ischemic; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEGLECT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSATION; STROKE; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032875346     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.10.2141     Document Type: Article

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