Criteria for evaluation of measurement properties of clinical balance measures for use in fall prevention studies

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-240

  Moe Nilssen, Rolf ^a   Nordin, Ellinor ^b   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Discrimination; Falls; Measurement; Prediction; Reliability; Sensitivity to change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; EVALUATION; FALLING; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 40449139780     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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