Comparison of reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Mini- BESTest and berg balance scale in patients with balance disorders

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-167

  Godi, Marco ^a   Franchignoni, Franco ^a   Caligari, Marco ^a   Giordano, Andrea ^a   Turcato, Anna Maria ^a   Nardone, Antonio ^a,b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873385008     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120171     Document Type: Article

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