Clinical reality of measuring upper-limb ability in neurologic conditions: A systematic review

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-228

  Connell, Louise A ^a   Tyson, Sarah F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Psychometrics; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ABILHAND TEST; ACCELEROMETRY; ACTION RESEARCH ARM TEST; ARM MOTOR ABILITY TEST; ARM MOVEMENT; BOX AND BLOCK TEST; CHEDOKE ARM AND HAND ACTION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FITTS REACHING TEST; FRENCHAY ARM TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; JEBSEN HAND TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY LOG TEST; MOTOR ASSESSMENT SCALE; MOTOR STATUS SCORE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NINE HOLE PEG TEST; OBSERVATION OF UPPER LIMB MOVEMENT TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REACHING PERFORMANCE SCALE; REVIEW; RIVERMEAD MOTOR ASSESSMENT ARM SECTION TEST; SOLLERMAN HAND FUNCTION TEST; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION ASSESSMENT OF MOVEMENT TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PSYCHOMETRICS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84856375298     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.09.015     Document Type: Review

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