The Fatigue Scale for Motor and Cognitive Functions (FSMC): Validation of a new instrument to assess multiple sclerosis-related fatigue

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1509-1517

  Penner, I K ^a   Raselli, C ^a   Stocklin M ^a   Opwis, K ^a   Kappos, L ^b   Calabrese, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive fatigue; Fatigue; Fatigue assessment; Fatigue scales; Motor fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Patient reported outcome measure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SCALE FOR MOTOR AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 72749087539     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509348519     Document Type: Article

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