Validation of the Brazilian version of the berg balance scale for patients with Parkinson's disease

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 B, 2009, Pages 831-835

  Scalzo, Paula L ^a   Nova, Isabella C ^b   Perracini, Mônica R ^c   Sacramento, Daniel R C ^c   Cardoso, Francisco ^c   Ferraz, Henrique B ^b   Teixeira, Antonio Lúcio ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Berg balance scale; Parkinson's disease; Postural instability

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 70449530817     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000500010     Document Type: Article

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