Can manual ability be measured with a generic ABILHAND scale? A cross-sectional study conducted on six diagnostic groups

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Arnould, Carlyne ^a   VanDervelDe, Laure ^b   Batcho, Charles Sèbiyo ^c   Penta, Massimo ^c   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^c  

^a Montignies sur Sambre   (Belgium)

^b Haute Ecole Leonard de Vinci   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILHAND SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL ABILITY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84873119744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001807     Document Type: Article

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