Validity of the Dynamic Gait Index in people with multiple sclerosis

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1369-1376

  Forsberg, Anette ^a,b   Andreasson, Malin ^c   Nilsagård, Ylva E ^d  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Malar Hospital   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

EID: 84885032307     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120284     Document Type: Article

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