Interlocking finger test: A bedside screen for parietal lobe dysfunction

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-532

  Moo, L R ^a,b   Slotnick, S D ^b   Tesoro, M A ^a   Zee, D S ^a   Hart, J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING FINGER TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037381117     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.4.530     Document Type: Article

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