Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 780-786 , September 2010

A reliable and valid outcome battery for measuring recovery of lower limb function and balance after burn injury

  • Vidya Finlay

      Affiliations

    • Western Australian Burns Service, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of WA, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Fiona Wood

      Affiliations

    • Western Australian Burns Service, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of WA, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Dale Edgar

      Affiliations

    • Western Australian Burns Service, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of WA, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Tel.:stra Burns Outcome Centre, Level 11 – Wellington St Campus, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6847, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 9224 3566; fax: +61 8 9224 3577.

,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.10.019

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 780-786 , September 2010

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