Interference of Upper Limb Tremor on Daily Life Activities in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 81-95

  Feys, Peter ^a   Romberg, Anders ^b   Ruutiainen, Juhnai ^b   Ketelaer, Pierre ^c  

^a Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

^b Maskun Neurologinen Kuntoutuskeskus   (Finland)

^c National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional Independence Measure; Intention tremor; Multiple sclerosis; Self care aids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; GROOMING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE; TREMOR;

EID: 1242284308     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j003v17n03_06     Document Type: Article

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