Improving the Action Research Arm test: a unidimensional hierarchical scale
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Improving the Action Research Arm test: a unidimensional hierarchical scale.
BACKGROUND The Action Research Arm (ARA) test is a performance test of upper extremity motor function which consists of 19 items divided into four hierarchical subtests. This multidimensionality has not yet been tested empirically. OBJECTIVE To investigate the dimensionality of the ARA test. DESIGN Cross-sectional study involving a sample of 63 chronic stroke patients. METHODS A Mokken sc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Rehabilitation
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0269-2155,1477-0873
DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr534oa