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Using the Berg Balance Scale to Distinguish Balance Abilities in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Gayatri Kembhavi, Johanna Darrah, Joyce Magill‐Evans, Joan Loomis

Pediatric Physical Therapy · 2002 · 103 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

The results suggest that the BBS can be considered as a clinical measure of balance for children with cerebral palsy, and a functional classification system can be used to group children more homogeneously than traditional classification by diagnosis.

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