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RESEARCH LETTER
Global validation of the Berg Balance Scale: a call for Albanian translation and clinical implementation
1
Health Science PhD Program, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Campus de los Jerónimos, Murcia, Spain
2
Dentistry Faculty, Albanian University, Tirana, Albania
3
ÍTEM – Innovation in Manual and Physical Therapies, Research Group, Physiotherapy Department, UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2025-04-30
Final revision date: 2025-09-10
Acceptance date: 2025-09-22
Online publication date: 2025-10-27
Corresponding author
Jasemin Todri
ITEM-Innovation in Manual and Physical Therapies Research Group Physiotherapy Department UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Campus de los Jerónimos Nº 135 Guadalupe 30107 Murcia, Spain Phone: +34661023495
ITEM-Innovation in Manual and Physical Therapies Research Group Physiotherapy Department UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Campus de los Jerónimos Nº 135 Guadalupe 30107 Murcia, Spain Phone: +34661023495
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