Psychometric Properties of the Mini- Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) in community- Dwelling individuals with chronic stroke

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1102-1115

  Tsang, Charlotte S L ^a   Liao, Lin Rong ^a   Chung, Raymond C K ^a   Pang, Marco Y C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; STROKE;

EID: 84881014982     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120454     Document Type: Article

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