Reliability and validity of the manual function test in patients with stroke

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Miyamoto, Sayaka ^a   Hondo, Takeo ^a   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a,b   Michimata, Akira ^a   Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADL; Stroke; Upper limb; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRUNNSTROM STAGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL FUNCTION TEST; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE IMPAIRMENT ASSESSMENT SET; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549164361     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181951133     Document Type: Article

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