Comparative utility of the BESTest, Mini-BESTest, and Brief-BESTest for predicting falls in individuals with Parkinson disease: A cohort study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 542-550

  Duncan, Ryan P ^a   Leddy, Abigail L ^b   Cavanaugh, James T ^c   Dibble, Leland E ^d   Ellis, Terry D ^e   Ford, Matthew P ^f   Foreman, K Bo ^d   Earhart, Gammon M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875764233     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120302     Document Type: Article

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