The Shape Trail Test: Application of a New Variant of the Trail Making Test
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The Shape Trail Test: Application of a New Variant of the Trail Making Test
OBJECTIVE The Trail making test (TMT) is culture-loaded because of reliance on the Latin alphabet, limiting its application in Eastern populations. The Shape Trail Test (STT) has been developed as a new variant. This study is to examine the applicability of the STT in a senile Chinese population and to evaluate its potential advantages and disadvantages. METHOD A total of 2470 participants we...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057333