Discriminant validity and test re-test reproducibility of a gait assessment in patients with vestibular dysfunction

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schmidheiny, Annatina ^a,b   Swanenburg, Jaap ^a,c   Straumann, Dominik ^a   De Bruin, Eling D ^d,e   Knols, Ruud H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Reliability; Validity; Vestibular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST KIT; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VELOCITY; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 84945190681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12901-015-0019-8     Document Type: Article

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