Continued validation of the Symptom Inventory in multiple sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 134-136

  Motl, Robert W ^a   Schwartz, Carolyn E ^b,c   Vollmer, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Neurological impairment; Psychometrics; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 69549086362     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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