Is the berg balance scale an internally valid and reliable measure of balance across different etiologies in neurorehabilitation? A revisited rasch analysis study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1209-1216

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

^a District of Vignola   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurologic disorders; Outcome measures; Postural balance; Psychometrics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALIBRATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROREHABILITATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WARD;

EID: 84863324689     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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