Improving the action research arm test: A unidimensional hierarchical scale

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 646-653

  van der Lee, Johanna H ^a   Roorda, Leo D ^a   Beckerman, Heleen ^a   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STROKE;

AGED; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 0036745462     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr534oa     Document Type: Article

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