The Reproducibility of Berg Balance Scale and the Single-Leg Stance in Chronic Stroke and the Relationship Between the Two Tests

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Flansbjer, Ulla Britt ^a,b   Blom, Johanna ^a   Brogårdh, Christina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE LEG STANCE; STROKE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858750414     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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