The Community Balance and Mobility Scale Alleviates the Ceiling Effects Observed in the Currently Used Gait and Balance Assessments for the Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 78-89

  Balasubramanian, Chitralakshmi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; gait and balance; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84928584882     PISSN: 15398412     EISSN: 21520895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000024     Document Type: Article

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