On the Mini-BESTest: Scoring and the reporting of total scores

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-575

  King, Laurie ^a   Horak, Fay ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84875766652     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2013.93.4.571     Document Type: Letter

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