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Four Square Step Test Performance in People With Parkinson Disease

Author(s) -

Ryan P. Duncan,

Gammon M. Earhart

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of neurologic physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.046

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1557-0584

pISSN - 1557-0576

DOI - 10.1097/npt.0b013e31827f0d7a

Subject(s) - intraclass correlation , cutoff , parkinson's disease , medicine , test (biology) , balance (ability) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , disease , psychometrics , clinical psychology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology

The Four Square Step Test (4SST), a quick and simple test of multidirectional stepping, may be useful in predicting falls in people with Parkinson disease (PD). We studied the reliability of the 4SST and its ability to discriminate between freezers and nonfreezers, between fallers and nonfallers, and factors predictive of 4SST performance in people with PD.

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