Investigating the reliability and validity of two balance measures in adults with stroke

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 308-314

  Pal, J ^a   Hale, L A ^a   Skinner, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activities specific balance confidence scale; Balance; Berg balance scale; Falls efficacy scale; Reliability; Stroke; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049178567     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2005.12.7.19545     Document Type: Article

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