Development of a Multidimensional Balance Scale for Use With Functionally Independent Older Adults

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1478-1485

  Rose, Debra J ^a   Lucchese, Nicole ^a   Wiersma, Lenny D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Outcome assessment (health care); Posture; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33750492621     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.263     Document Type: Article

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