Psychometric comparisons of 4 measures for assessing upper-extremity function in people with stroke

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 840-850

  Lin, Jau Hong ^a,b   Hsu, Miao Ju ^a,b   Sheu, Ching Fan ^c   Wu, Tzung Shian ^a   Lin, Ruey Tay ^b   Chen, Chia Hsin ^b   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^d,e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH ARM TEST; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER MOTOR TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION ASSESSMENT OF MOVEMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 68249103598     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080285     Document Type: Article

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