Hand Strength and Perceived Manual Ability Among Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 794-797

  Chen, Christine C ^a   Kasven, Nicole ^b   Karpatkin, Herbert I ^c   Sylvester, Andrew ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Hand strength; Multiple sclerosis; Outcome Assessment (health care); Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249049436     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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