Measurement properties of the short version of the Van Lieshout test for arm/hand function of persons with tetraplegia after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 763-771

  Post, M W M ^a,b   Van Lieshout, G ^a   Seelen, H A M ^a,c   Snoek, G J ^d   Ijzerman, M J ^d   Pons, C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre Hoensbroeck   (Netherlands)

^d ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Reproducibility of results; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia; Upper extremity; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GRASP RELEASE TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VAN LIESHOUT TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33845580998     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101937     Document Type: Article

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