Reliability and validity of the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale: A study in 156 spinocerebellar ataxia patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 699-704

  Schmitz Hübsch, Tanja ^a   du Montcel, Sophie Tezenas ^b,c   Baliko, Laszlo ^d   Boesch, Sylvia ^e   Bonato, Sara ^f   Fancellu, Roberto ^g   Giunti, Paola ^h   Globas, Christoph ⁱ   Kang, Jun Suk ^j   Kremer, Berry ^k   Mariotti, Caterina ^g   Melegh, Bela ^l   Rakowicz, Maryla ^m   Rola, Rafal ^m   Romano, Sylvie ^g   Schöls, Lodger ⁱ   Szymanski, Sandra ⁿ   van de Warrenburg, Bart P C ^k   Zdzienicka, Elzbieta ^m   Dürr, Alexandra ^o   Klockgether, Thomas ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Department of Neurology and Stroke   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^j GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^m INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

ⁿ ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^o PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; ICARS; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ATAXIA RATING SCALE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 33646918007     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20781     Document Type: Article

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