UFMG Sydenham's Chorea Rating Scale (USCRS): Reliability and consistency

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 585-591

  Teixeira Jr , Antônio Lúcio ^a   Maia, Débora P ^a   Cardoso, Francisco ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chorea; Rating scale; Sydenham's chorea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREATIC DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 20844434191     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20377     Document Type: Article

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