Berg Balance Scale and Functional Reach: Determining the best clinical tool for individuals post acute stroke

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 811-818

  Smith, Patricia S ^a   Hembree, Judith A ^b   Thompson, Mary E ^c  

^a Dallas Physical Therapy Department   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VESTIBULAR TEST;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 9144258030     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215504cr817oa     Document Type: Article

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