Unilateral and bilateral upper limb dysfunction at body functions, activity and participation levels in people with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1566-1574

  Bertoni, Rita ^a   Lamers, Ilse ^b   Chen, Christine C ^c   Feys, Peter ^b   Cattaneo, Davide ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral involvement; dysfunction; ICF; multiple sclerosis; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEXTERITY; DEXTERITY TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FINGER TREMOR; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING; ITALY; LIMITED MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOFILAMENT TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTRICITY INDEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NINE HOLE PEG TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TACTILE SENSITIVITY IMPAIRMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UPPER LIMB;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84937473097     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458514567553     Document Type: Article

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