Reliability of physical functioning measures in ambulatory subjects with MS [corrected] [published erratum appears in PHYSIOTHER RES INT 2006;11(2):123].
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: One of the primary reasons for measuring outcomes during rehabilitation is to determine the effect of physiotherapy. Repeated measurement situations are susceptible to several sources of error, including inconsistencies caused by the subject, the procedure, the instrument and...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Research International Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 93 - 110 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2005
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