Does chair type influence outcome in the timed "up and go" test in older persons?

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-323

  Kalula, Sebastiana Z ^a   Swingler, G H ^b   Sayer, A A ^c   Badri, M ^b   Ferreira, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chair type; Falls; Inter rater agreement; Older persons; Timed "up and go" test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WALKING AID; WALKING DIFFICULTY; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FURNITURE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SELF HELP DEVICE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOVEMENT; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 77951866878     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-010-0073-2     Document Type: Article

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