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International Journal of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Volume 1 (2015), Article ID 1:IJPTR-104, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2015/104
Research Article
Pragmatic Evaluation of Aspects Concerning Validity and Feasibility of the Mini Balance Evaluation System Test in a Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital

Kirsti Skavberg Roaldsen1,2*, Ellen Wakefield1,4 and Arve Opheim1,3

1Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Department of Research, Nesoddtangen, Norway
2Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Stockholm, Sweden
3Rehabilitation medicine, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
4Department of Physiotherapy, Hemsedal Municipality, Norway
Kirsti Skavberg Roaldsen, Karolinska Institutet, Department Neurobiology, Caring Science and Society (NVS), Alfred Nobels Allé 23, SE-23 100, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden; Tel: +46 (0) 8524 888 91, Fax: +46 (0) 8 524 888 13; E-mail: Kirsti.Skavberg.Roaldsen@ki.se
03 December 2014; 26 January 2015; 28 January 2015
Roaldsen KS, Wakefield E, Opheim A (2015) Pragmatic Evaluation of Aspects Concerning Validity and Feasibility of the Mini Balance Evaluation System Test in a Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital. Int J Phys Ther Rehab 1: 104. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-7498/2015/104
This work was supported by grants through The Norwegian Fund for Post-Graduate Training in Physiotherapy and Department of Research, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
© 2015 Roaldsen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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