Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 966-973 , May 2008

The Moss Attention Rating Scale for Traumatic Brain Injury: Further Explorations of Reliability and Sensitivity to Change

  • John Whyte, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to John Whyte, MD, PhD, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, 60 E Township Line Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027
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  • Tessa Hart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Colin A. Ellis, ScB

      Affiliations

    • Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Inna Chervoneva, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133A020505).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 authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00075-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.031

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 966-973 , May 2008

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