Statistical methods for analysing Barthel scores in trials of poststroke interventions: A review and computer simulations

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-356

  Song, Fujian ^a,b   Jerosch Herold, Christina ^a   Holland, Richard ^b   Drachler, Maria de Lourdes ^a   Mares, Kath ^a   Harvey, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION; RANK SUM TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STROKE; STUDENT T TEST;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33646749283     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215506cr948oa     Document Type: Article

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