Clinimetrics: The Neurological Fatigue Index for Multiple Sclerosis
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Validation of the Brazilian version of the neurological fatigue index for multiple sclerosis.
UNLABELLED The Neurological Fatigue Index for Multiple Sclerosis (NFI-MS) is a new fatigue assessment instrument. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the NFI-MS (NFI-MS/BR). METHOD Two hundred and forty subjects with MS were recruited for this study. The adaptation of the NFI-MS was performed by translation and...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1836-9553
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphys.2019.07.003