The Spring Scale Test: A reliable and valid tool for explaining fall history

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 159-167

  DePasquale, Louis ^a   Toscano, Lisa ^b  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952681526     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00139143-200932040-00004     Document Type: Article

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