Reliability of the parallel walk test for the elderly

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 812-817

  Lark, Sally D ^a,b   McCarthy, Peter W ^a   Rowe, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Balance; Gait; Rehabilitation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARALLEL WALK TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 79955555661     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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