Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1720-1723 , September 2008

A Comparison Between Self-Reported and Observed Activity Limitations in Adults With Neuromuscular Disorders

  • Laure Vandervelde, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Unit, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Delphine Dispa, PT

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Unit, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Peter Y. Van den Bergh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Neuromuscular Center & Neurology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Thonnard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Unit, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jean-Louis Thonnard, PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Unité de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique 53, Av Mounier (5375), B-1200 Brussels, Belgium

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 Supported by the Association Belge contre les Maladies NeuroMusculaires, the Fonds Spéciaux de Recherche of the Université catholique de Louvain, the Association Nationale d'Aide aux Handicapés, and the Fondation Saint-Luc.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00398-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.024

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 9 , Pages 1720-1723 , September 2008

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