The Berg Balance Scale has high intra- and inter-rater reliability but absolute reliability varies across the scale: A systematic review

Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-99

  Downs, Stephen ^a   Marquez, Jodie ^b   Chiarelli, Pauline ^b  

^a Transitional Aged Care   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meta Analysis; Postural Balance; Reproducibility of Results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84879813884     PISSN: 18369553     EISSN: 18369561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1836-9553(13)70161-9     Document Type: Article

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