Reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the executive function performance test: A measure of executive function in a sample of people with stroke

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 446-455

  Baum, Carolyn M ^a   Connor, Lisa Tabor ^a   Morrison, Tracy ^b   Hahn, Michelle ^a   Dromerick, Alexander W ^c   Edwards, Dorothy F ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Instrumental activities of daily living; Performance assessment; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749130892     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.62.4.446     Document Type: Article

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