Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1304-1308 , October 2007

Validity of the Trunk Impairment Scale as a Measure of Trunk Performance in People With Parkinson’s Disease

Presented in part to the RESCUE Conference, March 18, 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, February 13, 2006, Hong Kong, and the World Parkinson Congress, February 23, 2006, Washington, DC.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.772

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1304-1308 , October 2007

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