Construct Validity of a Modified Bathroom Scale That Can Measure Balance in Elderly People

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 665.e1-665.e5

  Vermeulen, Joan ^a   Neyens, Jacques C L ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Marieke D ^a,b   van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   Hewson, David J ^c   Duchêne, Jacques ^c   de Witte, Luc P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Balance; Bathroom scale; Elderly people; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR TEST BALANCE SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BATHROOM SCALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; TIMED UP AND GO;

EID: 84865569482     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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