Selecting a test for the clinical assessment of balance and walking capacity at the definitive fitting state after unilateral amputation: A comparative study

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-422

  Gremeaux, Vincent ^a,b   Damak, Sabeur ^a   Troisgros, Odile ^a   Feki, Amine ^a   Laroche, Davy ^a   Perennou, Dominic ^c   Benaim, Charles ^a,b   Casillas, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Amputees; balance; outcome assessment; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; HUMAN; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED HOUGHTON SCALE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TWO MINUTE WALK TEST; VALIDATION STUDY; VESTIBULAR TEST; WALKING;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874613456     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364612437904     Document Type: Article

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