Improving modified rankin scale assessment with a simplified questionnaire

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1048-1050

  Bruno, Askiel ^a   Shah, Neel ^b   Lin, Chen ^b   Close, Brian ^a   Hess, David C ^a   Davis, Kristin ^a   Baute, Vanessa ^a   Switzer, Jeffrey A ^a   Waller, Jennifer L ^a   Nichols, Fenwick T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinometrics; Modified Rankin Scale; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MODIFIED RANKIN SCALE ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STROKE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 77951766596     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.571562     Document Type: Article

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