Generic ABILHAND questionnaire can measure manual ability across a variety of motor impairments

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-140

  Simone, Anna ^a   Rota, Viviana ^a,b   Tesio, Luigi ^a,b   Perucca, Laura ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABILHAND; disability; outcome assessment; psychometrics; questionnaires; Rasch analysis; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ABILHAND; DISABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RASCH ANALYSIS; UPPER LIMB;

CALIBRATION; HEALTH; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

SURVEYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BELGIUM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATAXIA; BELGIUM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955853792     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e328343d4d3     Document Type: Article

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