Validation of the Japanese Version of the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest)
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1881-3526,1881-8560
DOI: 10.2490/jjrmc.51.673