A standardized approach to the Fugl-Meyer assessment and its implications for clinical trials

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 732-741

  See, Jill ^a   Dodakian, Lucy ^a   Chou, Cathy ^a   Chan, Vicky ^a   McKenzie, Alison ^b   Reinkensmeyer, David J ^a   Cramer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

motor; outcome measures; reliability; stroke; training; validity

Indexed keywords

GSK 249320; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER MOTOR ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

MOTOR; OUTCOME MEASURES; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TRAINING; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STROKE;

EID: 84884547800     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313491000     Document Type: Article

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