Developing a short form of the Berg Balance Scale for people with stroke

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-204

  Chou, Chia Yeh ^a,b   Chien, Chi Wen ^c   Hsueh, I Ping ^c   Sheu, Ching Fan ^d   Wang, Chun Hou ^e,f   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^c  

^a JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance; Cerebrovascular disorders; Item reduction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 31944442502     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.2.195     Document Type: Article

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