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Assessment Procedure

The Fugl–Meyer assessment of the upper extremity: reliability, responsiveness and validity of the Danish version

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Pages 934-939 | Received 24 Jul 2015, Accepted 04 Mar 2016, Published online: 10 Apr 2016

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