Unified Balance Scale: An activity-based, bed to community, and Aetiology-in dependent measure of balance calibrated with Rasch analysis

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 435-444

  La Porta, Fabio ^a   Franceschini, Marco ^b   Caselli, Serena ^a   Cavallini, Paola ^a   Susassi, Sonia ^a   Tennant, Alan ^c  

^a AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Neurological disorders; Outcome measures; Postural balance; Psychometrics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 79955937772     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0797     Document Type: Article

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