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Research Paper

Stability of person ability measures in people with acquired brain injury in the use of everyday technology: the test–retest reliability of the Management of Everyday Technology Assessment (META)

Camilla MalinowskyDivision of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, Correspondence[email protected]
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Ann-Charlotte KassbergDepartment of Research, Norrbotten County Council, Luleå, Sweden, and ;Department of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Maria Larsson-LundDepartment of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Anders KottorpDivision of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden,
Pages 395-399 | Received 13 Dec 2013, Accepted 20 Sep 2014, Published online: 01 Oct 2014

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