Assessing the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life for Outcome Measurement in Stroke Rehabilitation: Minimal Detectable Change and Clinically Important Difference

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lin, Keh chung ^a,b   Fu, Tiffany ^a   Wu, Ching yi ^c   Hsieh, Ching ju ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STROKE; CONVALESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 78651492500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-5     Document Type: Article

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