Threshold Berg Balance Scale scores for gait-aid use in elderly subjects: a secondary analysis.
Purpose: To determine the threshold Berg Balance Scale (BBS) scores that discriminate among levels of gait-aid use in elderly subjects. Methods: A secondary analysis of data combined from two projects was performed. Both projects determined BBS performance, self-selected gait speed, and gait-aid use...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Canada Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 133 - 141 |
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University of Toronto Press
Spring2010
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