Clinical measurement of sit-to-stand performance in people with balance disorders: Validity of data for the Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1034-1045

  Whitney, Susan L ^a,b   Wrisley, Diane M ^b,c   Marchetti, Gregory F ^d   Gee, Michael A ^e   Redfern, Mark S ^f   Furman, Joseph M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Measurement; Sit to Stand Test; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SITTING; STANDING;

EID: 25844513071     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.10.1034     Document Type: Article

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