Assessing reliability of measurement of Gait velocity

Physiotherapy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 313-317

  Batey, Paul ^a   Rome, Keith ^b   Finn, Paul ^b   Hanchard, Nigel ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait velocity; Reliability; Statistical analysis; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0037799444     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60044-2     Document Type: Article

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