Validity, responsiveness, minimal detectable change, and minimal clinically important change of Pediatric Balance Scale in children with cerebral palsy

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 916-922

  Chen, Chia ling ^a,b   Shen, I hsuan ^b   Chen, Chung yao ^a,c   Wu, Ching yi ^b   Liu, Wen Yu ^b   Chung, Chia ying ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance scale; Cerebral palsy; Minimal clinically important differences; Minimal detectable change; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURES FOR CHILDREN; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURE 66; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINIMAL CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; MINIMAL DETECTABLE CHANGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC BALANCE SCALE; PEDIATRIC BALANCE SCALE DYNAMIC; PEDIATRIC BALANCE SCALE STATIC; PEDIATRIC BALANCE SCALE TOTAL; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872003313     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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