Motor capacities of upper limbs in tetraplegics: A new scale for the assessment of the results of functional surgery on upper limbs

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 80-90

  Fattal, C ^a,b  

^a Centre Bouffard Vercelli   (France)

^b CAP Peyrefite   (France)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Functional surgery; Motor capacities; Tetraplegia; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CAPACITY SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 1342301500     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101551     Document Type: Review

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