Quality of life and motor impairment in ALS: Italian validation of ALSAQ

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-40

  Palmieri, A ^a   Soraru G ^a   Lombardi, L ^b   D'Ascenzo, C ^a   Baggio, L ^a   Ermani, M ^a   Pegoraro, E ^a   Angelini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALS; ALSAQ 40; ALSAQ 5; Emotional functioning; Motor impairment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRINKING; EATING; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSKINESIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949444238     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174313209X385734     Document Type: Article

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