Predictive validity of the UPDRS postural stability score and the Functional Reach Test, when compared with ecologically valid reaching tasks

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 409-411

  Jenkins, M E ^a,b   Johnson, A M ^b   Holmes, J D ^b   Stephenson, F F ^c   Spaulding, S J ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls assessment; Parkinson's disease; Reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGICALLY VALID REACHING TASK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 77953611301     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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