Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 11 , Pages 1887-1890 , November 2009

Functional Assessment of Lower Extremities in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

  • Mark Braschinsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Tartu University, Department of Neurology, Tartu
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Mark Braschinsky, MD, Tartu University, Department of Neurology, 8 L. Puusepp St, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
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  • Kadri Parts, MSc

      Affiliations

    • West Tallinn Central Hospital, Centre for Neurological Diseases, Tallinn, Estonia
    • ,
  • Heigo Maamägi, MSc

      Affiliations

    • West Tallinn Central Hospital, Centre for Neurological Diseases, Tallinn, Estonia
    • ,
  • Katrin Gross-Paju, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • West Tallinn Central Hospital, Centre for Neurological Diseases, Tallinn, Estonia
    • ,
  • Sulev Haldre, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Tartu University, Department of Neurology, Tartu

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 Supported by the Estonian Science Foundation (grant no. ETF5680).

 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.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.06.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 11 , Pages 1887-1890 , November 2009

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