Validation of the synkinesis assessment questionnaire

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-926

  Mehta, Ritvik P ^a   Wernickrobinson, Mara ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Facial paralysis; Instrument validation; Quality of life; Synkinesis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNKINESIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNKINESIS;

EID: 34247897147     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3180412460     Document Type: Article

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