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Balance assessment in Multiple Sclerosis and cerebellar ataxia: rationale, protocol and demographic data

@inproceedings{Winser2014BalanceAI,
  title={Balance assessment in Multiple Sclerosis and cerebellar ataxia: rationale, protocol and demographic data},
  author={Stanley John Winser and Catherine M. Smith and Leigh Anne Hale and Leica S Claydon and Susan L. Whitney and John P Mottershead and Isalm Zaydan and Rock A. Heyman and Brooke N. Klatt},
  year={2014},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:151610502}
}
The findings of this study will recommend a core set of reliable, valid and interpretable measures that are suitable for clinical practice and research for the assessment of balance among adults with MS and cerebellar ataxia.
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