Reliability, Agreement and Minimal Detectable Change of the Timed Up & Go and the 10-Meter Walk Tests in Older Patients with COPD

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 279-287

  Marques, Alda ^a   Cruz, Joana ^a   Quina, Sara ^a   Regêncio, Maria ^a   Jácome, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

chronic lung disease; functional balance; gait speed; measurement properties; walking

Indexed keywords

10 METER WALK TEST; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT SPEED; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MINIMAL DETECTABLE CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; VELOCITY; WALKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WALK TEST;

AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALK TEST;

EID: 84949224798     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2015.1079816     Document Type: Article

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