The Sunnaas Index of activities of daily living: Responsiveness and concurrent validity in stroke

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 31-36

  Korpelainen, Juha T ^a,b   Niilekselä, Eliisa ^a   Myllylä, Vilho V ^b  

^a OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

cerebral infarction; cerebrovascular disorders; stroke assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860389986     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038129709035719     Document Type: Article

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