Psychometric properties of the activities-specific balance confidence scale in persons 014 days and 3 months post stroke

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1186-1191

  Ylva, Nilsagård ^a   Anette, Forsberg ^b  

^a Centre for Health Care Sciences   (Sweden)

^b Family Medicine Research Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities specific balance scale; Convergent validity; Internal consistency; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SWEDEN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING; WALKING;

EID: 84861309339     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.637604     Document Type: Article

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