A Comparison of the Ability of Two Upper Extremity Assessments to Measure Change in Function

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-40

  Lehman, Leigh A ^a   Sindhu, Bhagwant S ^b   Shechtman, Orit ^c   Romero, Sergio ^d   Velozo, Craig A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ARM INJURY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITIES OF ARM, SHOULDER, AND HAND; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; SHOULDER INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL INDEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 75349090725     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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