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Cross-cultural adaptation and measurement properties of the Arabic version of the Fall Efficacy Scale International

Ahmad H. Alghadir, Murad Al-Momani, Gregory F. Marchetti and Susan L. Whitney
Neurosciences Journal July 2015, 20 (3) 230-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.3.20140728
Ahmad H. Alghadir
From the Rehabilitation Research Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Alghadir, Whitney), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (Al-Momani), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Department of Physical Therapy (Marchetti), University of Duquesne, and the Department of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology (Whitney), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Murad Al-Momani
From the Rehabilitation Research Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Alghadir, Whitney), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (Al-Momani), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Department of Physical Therapy (Marchetti), University of Duquesne, and the Department of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology (Whitney), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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From the Rehabilitation Research Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Alghadir, Whitney), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (Al-Momani), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Department of Physical Therapy (Marchetti), University of Duquesne, and the Department of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology (Whitney), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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From the Rehabilitation Research Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Alghadir, Whitney), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (Al-Momani), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Department of Physical Therapy (Marchetti), University of Duquesne, and the Department of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology (Whitney), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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vol. 20 no. 3 230-235
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2015.3.20140728
PubMed 
26166590

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1658-3183
History 
  • Received November 18, 2014
  • Accepted April 27, 2015
  • Published online November 13, 2020.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Ahmad H. Alghadir, PT, PhD,
  2. Murad Al-Momani, PhD,
  3. Gregory F. Marchetti, PT, PhD and
  4. Susan L. Whitney, PT, PhD⇑
  1. From the Rehabilitation Research Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Alghadir, Whitney), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Ear, Nose and Throat (Al-Momani), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Department of Physical Therapy (Marchetti), University of Duquesne, and the Department of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology (Whitney), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Susan L. Whitney, Department of Physical Therapy and Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. E-mail: whitney{at}pitt.edu
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