Balance assessment practices and use of standardized balance measures among Ontario physical therapists

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1583-1591

  Sibley, Kathryn M ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^b   Inness, Elizabeth L ^a   Salbach, Nancy M ^a   Jaglal, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80355130033     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110063     Document Type: Article

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