MRC sum-score in the ICU: Good reliability does not necessarily reflect "true reliability"

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 767-768

  Vanhoutte, Els Karla ^a   Faber, Catharina Gerritdina ^a   Merkies, Ingemar Sergio José ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DURATION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB EXPERIENCE; LETTER; MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859744950     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23344     Document Type: Letter

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