Brazilian version of the Berg balance scale
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Brazilian version of the Berg balance scale.
The purpose of the present study was to translate and adapt the Berg balance scale, an instrument for functional balance assessment, to Brazilian-Portuguese and to determine the reliability of scores obtained with the Brazilian adaptation. Two persons proficient in English independently translated the original scale into Brazilian-Portuguese and a consensus version was generated. Two translator...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2004000900017