Usefulness of the Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 164-166

  Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Matsushima, Masaaki ^a   Soma, Hiroyuki ^a   Basri, Rehana ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; ICARS; International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale; SARA; Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia; Stabilometry

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALE FOR ASSESSMENT AND RATING OF ATAXIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STABILOGRAPHY;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GAIT; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38749119757     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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