How much change is true change? The minimum detectable change of the Berg Balance Scale in elderly people

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 343-346

  Donoghue, Declan ^a   Murphy, Anna ^b   Jennings, Anne ^c   McAuliffe, Anne ^a   O'Neil, Susan ^b   Charthaigh, Eilis Nic ^d   Griffin, Elizabeth ^e   Gilhooly, Letitia ^f   Lyons, Mary ^g   Galvin, Rose ^a   Gallagher, Sinead ^d   Ward, Sinead ^h   Mhaille, Eimer Ni ⁱ   Stokes, Emma K ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Sacred Heart Hospital Castlebar   (Ireland)

^d St Finbarr's Hospital   (Ireland)

^e Royal Hospital Donnybrook Dublin   (Ireland)

^f Naas Hospital   (Ireland)

^g Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

^h ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ St Colmcille's Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aged; Berg balance scale; Minimum detectable change; Outcome assessment; Physical therapy; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 64349104259     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0337     Document Type: Article

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