Validity of the modified Berg Balance Scale in adults with intellectual and visual disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-68

  Dijkhuizen, Annemarie ^a   Krijnen, Wim P ^a   van der Schans, Cees P ^a,b   Waninge, Aly ^a,c  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Centre of Expertise for Blind and Partially Sighted People   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Balance; Intellectual disability; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BARTHEL INDEX; CENTER OF HUMAN; COMFORTABLE WALKING SPEED; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLECTUAL VISUAL DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BERG BALANCE SCALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 85010006438     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.01.005     Document Type: Article

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