Including a subject-paced trial may make the PASAT more acceptable for MS patients

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 219-225

  Bosnes, O ^a   Dahl, O P ^a   Almkvist, O ^b,c  

^a Nord Trøndelag Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; Subject paced

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84940788561     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12385     Document Type: Article

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