## Abstract We assessed the clinometric characteristics of rating scales used for the evaluation of motor impairment and disability of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), conducting a systematic review of PD rating scales published from 1960 to the present. Thirty studies describing clinometric
Longitudinal Metric Properties of Disability Rating Scales for Parkinson’s Disease
✍ Scribed by Pablo Martinez-Martin; Luis Prieto; Maria João Forjaz
- Book ID
- 109078595
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1098-3015
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