Age- and Gender-Related Test Performance in Community-Dwelling Elderly People: Six-Minute Walk Test, Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up & Go Test, and Gait Speeds | Zendy

Teresa M Steffen | Zendy; Timothy A. Hacker | Zendy; L A Mollinger | Zendy

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Age- and Gender-Related Test Performance in Community-Dwelling Elderly People: Six-Minute Walk Test, Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up & Go Test, and Gait Speeds

Author(s) -

Teresa M Steffen,

Timothy A. Hacker,

L A Mollinger

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.1093/ptj/82.2.128

Subject(s) - berg balance scale , timed up and go test , intraclass correlation , test (biology) , balance (ability) , gait , physical therapy , medicine , reliability (semiconductor) , confidence interval , cohort , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gerontology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology

The interpretation of patient scores on clinical tests of physical mobility is limited by a lack of data describing the range of performance among people without disabilities. The purpose of this study was to provide data for 4 common clinical tests in a sample of community-dwelling older adults.

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