Validity and reliability of the Brazilian activities-specific balance confidence scale and determinants of balance confidence in community-dwelling older adults.

Conclusion: Both scales are valid and reliable to assess balance confidence. Cutoff points to identify balance impairments were determined and some factors may act as possible predictors of balance confidence. PMID: 32293216 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32293216?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - April 14, 2020 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Freitas RM, Ribeiro KF, Barbosa JS, Gomes CDS, Deshpande N, Guerra RO Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research

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