Reliability and validity of a steadiness score

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1582-1586

  Clark, Daniel O ^a,b   Callahan, Christopher M ^a   Counsell, Steven R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Disability process; Falls; Mobility; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27744451249     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53485.x     Document Type: Article

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