Reliability of Gait Performance Tests in Individuals With Late Effects of Polio

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Flansbjer, Ulla Britt ^a   Lexell, Jan ^a  

^a Division of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77449113707     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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