Falls in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: Validity and Reliability of the Berg Balance Scale

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Wirz, Markus ^a,b   Müller, Roland ^c   Bastiaenen, Caroline ^b  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Human Movement Sciences and Sport   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accidental falls; risk assessment; spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 77649214113     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309341059     Document Type: Article

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