Measuring change in arm hand skilled performance in persons with a cervical spinal cord injury: Responsiveness of the Van Lieshout Test

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 772-779

  Spooren, A I F ^a,b,g   Janssen Potten, Y J M ^a   Post, M W M ^c   Kerckhofs, E ^d   Nene, A ^e   Seelen, H A M ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b PHL University College   (Belgium)

^c Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e Roessingh Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^f Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^g NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arm hand skilled performance; Responsiveness; Tetraplegia; VLT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GRASP RELEASE TEST; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA INDEX OF FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VAN LIESHOUT TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33845594666     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101957     Document Type: Article

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