Discriminant analysis for predictor of falls in stroke patients by using the berg balance scale

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 280-283

  Maeda, Noriaki ^a   Urabe, Yukio ^a   Murakami, Masahito ^b   Itotani, Keisuke ^b   Kato, Junichi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Hyogo Prefectural Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Berg balance scale; Discriminant; Falls; Functional independence measure; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; STROKE PATIENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE REHABILITATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84929412461     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015033     Document Type: Article

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