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| Reliability of four simple, quantitative tests of balance and mobility in healthy elderly females | | Author(s) | F Franchignoni, L Tesio, M T Martino |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 10, no 1, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 26-31 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Physical capacity ; Good Health ; Older women ; Evaluation ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Four common tests of balance and mobility were administered to 45 health Italian women, aged 55-71 years: Sharpened Romberg (also defined as tandem stance), eyes open and closed; Functional Reach (FR); and Sit-To-Stand test. Two independent observers scored the tests, which were performed on two successive days. Inter-rater (IRR) and test-retest reliability (TRR) were good. Across the six different tests, intra-class correlation coefficients ranged from 0.95 to 0.99 for scoring consistency between raters, and from 0.73 to 0.93 within raters. This is in line with previous findings based on similar subjects, and similar, though not identical, testing procedures. Intercorrelations between the scores were moderate: r coefficients ranged from 0.44 to 0.66. Results suggest that this simple test battery provides reliable scores, and that different tests relate to a homogeneous construct, while not being redundant. It thus seems worthwhile to further investigate whether they represent and measure a unidimensional domain, rather than conceptually different dimensions, in view of achieving a unique measure of balance performance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980625226 A |
| Classmark | C4: BI: CD: BD: 4C: 76V |
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