Measuring upper limb capacity in patients after stroke: Reliability and validity of the stroke upper limb capacity scale

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1418-1422

  Houwink, Annemieke ^a   Roorda, Leo D ^a,b   Smits, Wendy ^c   Molenaar, Ivo W ^d   Geurts, Alexander C ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Outcome assessment (health care); Psychometrics; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH ARM TEST; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RIVERMEAD MOTOR ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UPPER LIMB CAPACITY SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 80052269825     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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