Berg Balance Scale and Outcome Measures in Acquired Brain Injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-244

  Feld, Jody A ^a   Rabadi, Meheroz H ^a   Blau, Alan D ^a   Jordan, Barry D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ac quired brain injury; Berg Balance Scale; Functional Independence Measure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035733707     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154596830101500312     Document Type: Article

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