Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1649-1657 , December 2007

Measures of Physical Functioning Predict Self-Reported Performance in Self-Care, Mobility, and Domestic Life in Ambulatory Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

  • Jaana Paltamaa, MSc, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jaana Paltamaa, MSc, PT, Dept of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35 (Viv), FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Taneli Sarasoja, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Esko Leskinen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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  • Juhani Wikström, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
    • ,
  • Esko Mälkiä, PhD, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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 Supported in part by the Central Finland Health Care District, the Finnish MS Society, and the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01486-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.032

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1649-1657 , December 2007

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