The Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery after Stroke: A Critical Review of Its Measurement Properties

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 232-240

  Gladstone, David J ^a   Danells, Cynthia J ^a,b   Black, Sandra E ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Measurement; Scales; Stroke recovery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036727084     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596802401105171     Document Type: Review

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