Reliability of the Functional Reach Test and the influence of anthropometric characteristics on test results in subjects with hemiparesis.
First designed as an alternative method of assessing balance and susceptibility to falls among elderly, the Functional Reach Test (FR) has also been used among patients with hemiparesis. Then this study aimed to describe the intra- and inter-rater and the test/re-test reliability of the FR measure i...
| Published in: | NeuroRehabilitation Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 161 - 170 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2012
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