Validation of the brazilian version of the berg balance scale for patients with parkinson's disease
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Validation of the Brazilian version of the Berg balance scale for patients with Parkinson's disease.
BACKGROUND Changes in balance occur with the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE To validate the Brazilian version of the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) for PD patients, determining its reliability and internal consistency and correlating it with PD-specific instruments. METHOD We evaluated 53 patients (M/F 37/16, mean age+/-SD, 62+/-7.9 years) with PD (mean+/-SD, 7.8+/-4.4 years)....
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000500010