Normal variability of postural measures: Implications for the reliability of relative balance performance outcomes

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Brouwer, Brenda ^a   Culham, Elsie G ^a   Liston, Rebecca A L ^a   Grant, Theresa ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Limits of stability; Outcome measures; Postural control; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURE; REHABILITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031720317     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655098444048     Document Type: Article

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