Quantitative functional measures in MS: What is a reliable change?

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1294-1296

  Schwid, S R ^a,d   Goodman, A D ^a   McDermott, M P ^a   Bever, C F ^b   Cook, S D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Box 605 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRIPPS NEUROLOGIC RATING SCALE;

EID: 0037161254     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.8.1294     Document Type: Article

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