Validity and reliability of the Berg Balance Scale for community-dwelling persons with lower-limb amputation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2194-2202

  Major, Matthew J ^a   Fatone, Stefania ^a   Roth, Elliot J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputees; Outcome measures; Postural balance; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE SCALE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FRENCHAY ACTIVITIES INDEX; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; PROSTHESIS EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE MOBILITY SUBSCALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDITY; WALKING AID;

2-MINUTE WALK TEST; 2MWT; ABC; ACTIVITIES-SPECIFIC BALANCE CONFIDENCE; AMPUTEES; BBS; BERG BALANCE SCALE; FAI; FRENCHAY ACTIVITIES INDEX; LLA; LOWER-LIMB AMPUTATION; OUTCOME MEASURES; PEQ-MS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSTHESIS EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE-MOBILITY SUBSCALE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION; ROM;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84886717807     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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