PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 125-131 , February 2010

Reliability of Gait Performance Tests in Individuals With Late Effects of Polio

  • Ulla-Britt Flansbjer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lund, Sweden; Lund University and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne, Sweden; University Hospital, Lund, Orupssjukhuset, 221 85 Lund, Sweden⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to U.-B.F.
    • ,
  • Jan Lexell, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Lund, Sweden; Lund University and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Skåne, Sweden; University Hospital, Lund, Orupssjukhuset, 221 85 Lund, Sweden†

Received 26 October 2009 ,Accepted 12 December 2009.

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 The study was prepared within the context of the Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE) at Lund University, funded by the Swedish Research Council on Social Science and Working Life, and had received financial support from the Swedish Association of Survivors of Traffic Accidents and Polio (RTP), the Alfred Österlunds Stiftelse, Stiftelsen för bistånd åt rörelsehindrade i Skåne and Skane county council's research and development foundation.

PII: S1934-1482(09)01644-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.12.006

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Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 125-131 , February 2010

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