Development of the Brunel Balance Assessment: A new measure of balance disability post stroke

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 801-810

  Tyson, Sarah F ^a,b   DeSouza, Lorraine H ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VESTIBULAR TEST;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 9144232455     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215504cr744oa     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Ballinger C, Ashburn A, Low J, Roderick P. Unpacking the black box of therapy - a pilot study to describe occupational therapy and physiotherapy interventions for people with stroke. Clin Rehabil 1999; 13: 301-309.
2. Lennon S, Ashburn A. The Bobath Concept in stroke rehabilitation; a focus group study of experienced physiotherapists' perspective. Disabil Rehabil 2000; 22: 665-74.
3. Sackley C, Lincoln N. Physiotherapy treatment for stroke patients: a survey of current practice. Physiother Theory Pract 1996; 12: 87-96.
4. Tyson S, DeSouza L. The assessment of balance and walking post stroke: Part 1 ordinal scales. Phys Ther Rev 2002; 7: 177-85.
5. Tyson S, DeSouza L. The assessment of balance and walking: Part 2 functional performance tests. Phys Ther Rev 2002; 7: 87-91.
6. Tyson S, DeSouza L. The assessment of balance post stroke: Part 3 instrumented measurement tools. Phys Ther Rev 2002; 7: 231-41.
7. Tyson S, DeSouza L. A clinical model for the assessment of posture and balance post stroke. Disabil Rehabil 2003; 25: 120-26.
8. Wade DT. Measurement in neurological rehabilitation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
9. Eakin P. Assessment of activities of daily living; a critical review. Br J Occup Ther 1989; 52: 11-15.
10. Barer D, Nouri F. Measurement of activities of daily living. Clin Rehabil 1989; 3: 179-87.
11. Streiner D, Norman G. Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use, second edition. Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications, 1997.
12. Guttman L. A basis for scaling quantitative data. Am Sociol Rev 1944; 139-50.
13. Menzel H. A new coefficient of scalogram analysis. Public Opin Q 1953; 17: 268-80.
14. Bowling A. Research methods in health: investigating health and health services. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 1997.
15. Carr J, Shepherd R, Nordholm R, Lynne D. Investigation of a new motor assessment scale for stroke patients. Phys Ther 1985; 65: 175-79.
16. Berg K, Wood-Dauphinee S, Williams J, Maki B. Measuring balance in the elderly: Validation of an instrument. Can J Public Health 1992; 83(suppl 2): S7-11.
17. Collen F, Wade D, Robb G, Bradshaw C. The Rivermead Mobility Index; a further development of the Rivermead Motor Assessment. Int Disabil Stud 1991; 13: 50-54.
18. Berg K, Wood-Dauphinee S, Williams J. The Balance Scale: reliability assessment with elderly residents and patients with acute stroke. Scand J Rehabil Med 1995; 27: 27-36.