Exploring disability rating scale responsiveness II: Do more response options help?

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2056-2059

  Cano, S J ^a   O'Connor, R J ^a   Thompson, A J ^a   Hobart, J C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33845706050     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000247664.97643.e8     Document Type: Article

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