MASCIS evaluation of open field locomotor scores: Effects of experience and teamwork on reliability

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 343-359

  Basso, D M ^a   Beattie, M S ^d   Bresnahan, J C ^d   Anderson, D K ^b   Faden, A I ^c   Gruner, J A ^d   Holford, T R ^e   Hsu, C Y ^f   Noble, L J ^g   Nockels, R ^e   Perot, P L ^h   Salzman, S K ⁱ   Young, W ^j  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CEPHALON INC   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Animal Spinal Cord Injury Study; motor recovery; multicenter; rat; reliability coefficient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HINDLIMB; INJURY SCALE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRUNK;

EID: 10544242207     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1996.13.343     Document Type: Article

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