Utility of the Six-Spot Step Test as a Measure of Walking Performance in Ambulatory Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis Presented to the Consortium for Multiple Sclerosis Centers, May 30, 2014, Dallas, TX.

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 507-512

  Fritz, Nora E ^a,b   Jiang, Allen ^a   Keller, Jennifer ^a   Zackowski, Kathleen M ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Outcome assessment (health care); Postural balance; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SIX SPOT STEP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMED 25 FOOT WALK TEST; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; DISABILITY; EXERCISE TEST; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950131796     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.10.100     Document Type: Article

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