Reliability, internal consistency, and validity of data obtained with the functional gait assessment

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 906-918

  Wrisley, Diane M ^a,b,c,d   Marchetti, Gregory F ^e   Kuharsky, Diane K ^c   Whitney, Susan L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied; Balance; Gait disorders; Measurement; Neurologic; Reliability; Validity; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RELIABILITY; REST; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 4644256132     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.10.906     Document Type: Review

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