Are scores on balance screening tests associated with mobility in older adults?

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Shubert, Tiffany E ^a   Schrodt, Lori A ^a,c   Mercer, Vicki S ^a,b   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^a   Giuliani, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance; Functional performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; WALKING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WALKING;

EID: 33646372229     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00139143-200604000-00007     Document Type: Article

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