Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 647-655 , May 2006

Dimensions of Disordered Attention in Traumatic Brain Injury: Further Validation of the Moss Attention Rating Scale

  • Tessa Hart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Tessa Hart, PhD, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, 1200 W Tabor Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19141
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  • John Whyte, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Scott Millis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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  • Rita Bode, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • James Malec, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Risa Nakase Richardson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, MS
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  • Flora Hammond, MD

      Affiliations

    • Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC

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 Supported in part by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133A70033).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.01.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 647-655 , May 2006

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