Validation of the Italian version of the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-463

  Pavese, Chiara ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Furini, Francesco ^a   Abbamonte, Marta ^a   Giromini, Erica ^a   Sala, Vittorio ^a   De Silvestri, Annalisa ^b   Cecini, Miriam ^a   Dalla Toffola, Elena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Facial palsy; Facial paralysis; Italian version; Sunnybrook Facial Grading System; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUNNYBROOK FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FACE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84879694395     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1025-x     Document Type: Article

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