Fall risk assessment using the Tinetti mobility test in individuals with Huntington's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2838-2844

  Kloos, Anne D ^a   Kegelmeyer, Deb A ^a   Young, Gregory S ^b   Kostyk, Sandra K ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall risk; Falls; Huntington's disease; Performance oriented measure of activity; Tinetti test; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINETTI MOBILITY TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; GAIT; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTURAL BALANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650196560     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23421     Document Type: Article

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