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Test–retest reliability of the special interest group on amputation medicine/Dutch working group on amputations and prosthetics mobility scale, in persons wearing a prosthesis after a lower-limb amputation

Fred A. de LaatRehabilitation Centre Leijpark, Libra Rehabilitation Medicine & Audiology, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Leo D. RoordaAmsterdam Rehabilitation Research Centre, Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Jan H. GeertzenDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;
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Clemens RommersDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Centre of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; ;Adelante Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Pages 1762-1766 | Received 27 Apr 2016, Accepted 21 Sep 2018, Published online: 14 Feb 2019

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