Modifying the Medical Research Council grading system through Rasch analyses

Els Karla Vanhoutte; Catharina Gerritdina Faber; Sonja Ingrid van Nes; Bart Casper Jacobs; Pieter Antoon van Doorn; Rinske van Koningsveld; David Reid Cornblath; Anneke Jelly van der Kooi; Elisabeth Aviva Cats; Leonard Hendrik van den Berg; Nicolette Claudia Notermans; Willem Lodewijk van der Pol; Mieke Catharina Elisabeth Hermans; Nadine Anna Maria Elisabeth van der Beek; Kenneth Craig Gorson; Marijke Eurelings; Jeroen Engelsman; Hendrik Boot; Ronaldus Jacobus Meijer; Giuseppe Lauria; Alan Tennant; Ingemar Sergio Jose Merkies

doi:10.1093/brain/awr318

Modifying the Medical Research Council grading system through Rasch analyses

Els Karla Vanhoutte, Catharina Gerritdina Faber, Sonja Ingrid van Nes, Bart Casper Jacobs, Pieter Antoon van Doorn, Rinske van Koningsveld, David Reid Cornblath, Anneke Jelly van der Kooi, Elisabeth Aviva Cats, Leonard Hendrik van den Berg, Nicolette Claudia Notermans, Willem Lodewijk van der Pol, Mieke Catharina Elisabeth Hermans, Nadine Anna Maria Elisabeth van der Beek, Kenneth Craig Gorson, Marijke Eurelings, Jeroen Engelsman, Hendrik Boot, Ronaldus Jacobus Meijer, Giuseppe LauriaAlan Tennant, Ingemar Sergio Jose Merkies

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1639-1649
Journal	Brain
Volume	135
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr318
Publication status	Published - May 2012

Keywords

MRC
manual muscle testing
Rasch
neuromuscular disorders

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Vanhoutte, E. K., Faber, C. G., van Nes, S. I., Jacobs, B. C., van Doorn, P. A., van Koningsveld, R., Cornblath, D. R., van der Kooi, A. J., Cats, E. A., van den Berg, L. H., Notermans, N. C., van der Pol, W. L., Hermans, M. C. E., van der Beek, N. A. M. E., Gorson, K. C., Eurelings, M., Engelsman, J., Boot, H., Meijer, R. J., ... Merkies, I. S. J. (2012). Modifying the Medical Research Council grading system through Rasch analyses. Brain, 135, 1639-1649. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr318

Vanhoutte, Els Karla ; Faber, Catharina Gerritdina ; van Nes, Sonja Ingrid ; Jacobs, Bart Casper ; van Doorn, Pieter Antoon ; van Koningsveld, Rinske ; Cornblath, David Reid ; van der Kooi, Anneke Jelly ; Cats, Elisabeth Aviva ; van den Berg, Leonard Hendrik ; Notermans, Nicolette Claudia ; van der Pol, Willem Lodewijk ; Hermans, Mieke Catharina Elisabeth ; van der Beek, Nadine Anna Maria Elisabeth ; Gorson, Kenneth Craig ; Eurelings, Marijke ; Engelsman, Jeroen ; Boot, Hendrik ; Meijer, Ronaldus Jacobus ; Lauria, Giuseppe ; Tennant, Alan ; Merkies, Ingemar Sergio Jose. / Modifying the Medical Research Council grading system through Rasch analyses. In: Brain. 2012 ; Vol. 135. pp. 1639-1649.

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Modifying the Medical Research Council grading system through Rasch analyses. / Vanhoutte, Els Karla; Faber, Catharina Gerritdina; van Nes, Sonja Ingrid; Jacobs, Bart Casper; van Doorn, Pieter Antoon; van Koningsveld, Rinske; Cornblath, David Reid; van der Kooi, Anneke Jelly; Cats, Elisabeth Aviva; van den Berg, Leonard Hendrik; Notermans, Nicolette Claudia; van der Pol, Willem Lodewijk; Hermans, Mieke Catharina Elisabeth; van der Beek, Nadine Anna Maria Elisabeth; Gorson, Kenneth Craig; Eurelings, Marijke; Engelsman, Jeroen; Boot, Hendrik; Meijer, Ronaldus Jacobus; Lauria, Giuseppe; Tennant, Alan; Merkies, Ingemar Sergio Jose.

In: Brain, Vol. 135, 05.2012, p. 1639-1649.

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