Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale-12

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 75-79

  Motl, Robert W ^a   McAuley, Edward ^a   Mullen, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Invariance; Measurement; Multiple sclerosis; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WALKING SCALE 12; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELAPSING REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79955697570     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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