Development of a conversion factor to facilitate comparison of National Institute of Health Stroke Scale scores with Scandinavian stroke scale scores

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-515

  Ali, Khalid ^a,c   Cheek, Elizabeth ^a   Sills, Sheila ^b   Crome, Peter ^b   Roffe, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Audrey Emerton Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; Scandinavian Stroke Scale; Stroke; Stroke scales

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE SCORE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCANDINAVIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349062386     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110420     Document Type: Article

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