Reliability and validity of the modified functional reach test at the sub-acute stage post-stroke

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-248

  Katz Leurer, Michal ^a   Fisher, Iris ^b   Neeb, Martin ^b   Schwartz, Isabella ^b   Carmeli, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balance measurement; Sitting balance; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE;

EID: 60949106200     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280801927830     Document Type: Article

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