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Validation of the brazilian version of the berg balance scale for patients with parkinson's disease

Paula Luciana Scalzo, Isabella Costa Nova, Mônica Rodrigues Perracini, Daniel Sacramento, Francisco Cardoso, Henrique Ballalai Ferraz, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria · 2009 · 83 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

The BBS is a promising tool for the assessment of balance in PD, correlating with the stage of disease and the level of independence.

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