Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 1061-1063 , June 2009

Reproducibility of the ABILOCO Questionnaire and Comparison Between Self-Reported and Observed Locomotion Ability in Adult Patients With Stroke

  • Gilles D. Caty, MD
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  • Emilie Theunissen, MD
    • ,
  • Thierry M. Lejeune, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Thierry M. Lejeune, MD, PhD, Université catholique de Louvain, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium

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PII: S0003-9993(09)00140-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.008

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 1061-1063 , June 2009

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