The neurological outcome scale for traumatic brain injury (NOS-TBI): II. Reliability and convergent validity

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 991-997

  McCauley, Stephen R ^a,b   Wilde, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Kelly, Tara M ^a   Weyand, Annie M ^b   Yallampalli, Ragini ^c   Waldron, Eric J ^c   Pedroza, Claudia ^a   Schnelle, Kathleen P ^a   Boake, Corwin ^a   Levin, Harvey S ^a   Moretti, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

convergent validity; Neurological Outcome Scale for Traumatic Brain Injury; outcome; reliability; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY RATING SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME SCALE FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; RANCHO LOS AMIGOS SCALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SUPERVISION RATING SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDITY; BRAIN INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953945158     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1195     Document Type: Article

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