Task force report: Scales for screening and evaluating tremor: Critique and recommendations

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1793-1800

  Elble, Rodger ^a   Bain, Peter ^b   João Forjaz, Maria ^c   Haubenberger, Dietrich ^d   Testa, Claudia ^e   Goetz, Christopher G ^f   Leentjens, Albert F G ^g   Martinez Martin, Pablo ^c   Pavy Le Traon, Anne ^h   Post, Bart ⁱ   Sampaio, Cristina ^j,k   Stebbins, Glenn T ^f   Weintraub, Daniel ^l   Schrag, Anette ^m  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h CHU PURPAN   (France)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j CHDI MANAGEMENT CHDI FOUNDATION   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Rating scales; Reliability; Sensitivity; Tremor; Validity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPIROGRAPHY; VALIDITY;

RATING SCALES; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY; TREMOR; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; GENETIC TESTING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR;

EID: 84887628156     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25648     Document Type: Review

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