Our objective was to assess the test-retest reliability of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). The UPDRS is the most widely used instrument for measuring severity of parkinsonian symptoms in clinical research and in practice. The validity and inter-rater reliability of this scale h
Recruitment to a clinical trial from the databases of specialists in Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by Ann Ashburn; M. Pickering Ruth; Fazakarley Louise; Ballinger Claire; McLellan D. Lindsay; Fitton Carolyn
- Book ID
- 116820233
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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