Dimensionality of nonmotor neurobehavioral impairments when observed in the natural contexts of ADL task performance

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 579-586

  Árnadóttir, Guorún ^a,b,c,d   Fisher, Anne G ^c   Löfgren, Britta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BOT   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dementia; Occupational therapy; Rasch analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651027591     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308324223     Document Type: Article

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