Practicability and sensitivity to change of the activities-specific balance confidence scale and 12-item walking scale for stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-22

  Nilsagård, Ylva ^a,b   Forsberg, Anette ^a  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

postural balance; self rating scales; sensitivity to change; stroke; walking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE SCALE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; WALKING SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84858834533     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1901-13     Document Type: Article

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