The Mini-BESTest - a clinically reproducible tool for balance evaluations in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease?

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Löfgren, Niklas ^a   Lenholm, Emma ^b   Conradsson, David ^a,b   Ståhle, Agneta ^a,b   Franzén, Erika ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Balance evaluation systems test; Inter rater; Measurement error; Psychometric; Reliability; Smallest real difference; Test retest

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MINI BESTEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; EXERCISE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84923913869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0235-7     Document Type: Article

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