Escala Medida da Função Motora (MFM): novo instrumento de avaliação em doenças neuromusculares
Iwabe C.
Tese de Doutorado apresentada à Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual, de Campinas para obtenção do título de Doutor em, Ciências Médicas, Área de Concentração Ciências Biomédicas. 2009.
This doctoral thesis focus on the translation of the French Motor Function Measure (MFM) into the Portuguese language; to describe the inter and intra-examiner reliability of the Portuguese MFM version (P-MFM); and to validate the PMFM in Brazilian patients with neuromuscular disease.
Keywords: motor activity, dystrophy, neuromuscular disease
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