Wolf motor function test for characterizing moderate to severe hemiparesis in stroke patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1963-1967

  Hodics, Timea M ^a   Nakatsuka, Kyle ^c   Upreti, Bhim ^a   Alex, Arun ^a   Smith, Patricia S ^b   Pezzullo, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Methods; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTPATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WOLF MOTOR FUNCTION TEST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84867875333     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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