Balance impairment in people with multiple sclerosis: Preliminary evidence for the Balance Evaluation Systems Test

Gait and Posture

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 414-418

  Jacobs, Jesse V ^a   Kasser, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Balance Evaluation Systems Test; Falls; Multiple sclerosis; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE EVALUATION SYSTEMS TEST; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864343414     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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