Intra-rater and inter-rater reliability at the item level of the Action Research arm test for patients with stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 738-745

  Nordin, Åsa ^a   Murphy, Margit Alt ^a   Danielsson, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Nonparametric; Outcome assessment (healthcare); Psychometrics; Reproducibility of results; Statistics; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84921965950     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: 16512081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1831     Document Type: Article

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