Reliability, Construct Validity, and Clinical Feasibility of the Activities-Specific Fall Caution Scale for Residential Living Seniors

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 732-739

  Blanchard, Robin A ^a   Myers, Anita M ^a   Pearce, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fear; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249015520     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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