Improving the responsiveness of rating scales: The challenge of stepping twice into the same river

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1666-1667

  Cudkowicz, Merit E ^a   Schoenfeld, David ^a   Williams, Linda ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2442696378     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000127308.91353.25     Document Type: Editorial

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