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Descriptive Report

Reliability and minimal detectable change of the mini-BESTest in adults with spinal cord injury in a rehabilitation setting

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Pages 126-134 | Received 21 Jun 2018, Accepted 14 Apr 2019, Published online: 03 Jun 2019

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