Reliability of six physical performance tests in older people with dementia

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Blankevoort, Christiaan G ^a   van Heuvelen, Marieke J G ^a   Scherder, Erik J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872019324     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110164     Document Type: Article

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