Six-minute walk test for persons with mild or moderate disability from multiple sclerosis: performance and explanatory factors.

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Published in Physiother Can on April 13, 2011

Authors

Jane L Wetzel1, Donna K Fry, Lucinda A Pfalzer

Author Affiliations

1: Jane L. Wetzel, PT, PhD: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio (current); Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (at time of study).

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