Target board test for the quantification of ataxia in tremulous patients

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-149

  Alusi, S H ^a   Glickman, S ^b   Patel, N ^b   Worthington, J ^b   Bain, P G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR;

EID: 0344838607     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215503cr598oa     Document Type: Article

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