Reliability and validity of the assessment of neurological soft-signs in children with and without attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-370

  Gustafsson, Peik ^a   Svedin, Carl Göran ^b   Ericsson, Ingegerd ^c   Lindén, Christian ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a   Thernlund, Gunilla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951167552     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03407.x     Document Type: Article

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