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| The 'balance' meter: investigation of an apparatus to measure postural sway | | Author(s) | Emma K Stokes, Ann M Finn, R J Ronald Kirkham |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 3, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 212-225 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Gait loss ; Falls ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Postural sway was measured in a group of older subjects using a `balance meter', in order to establish the reliability of the apparatus, to investigate whether the meter could identify those subjects who had an alteration in balance, and to compare the association between this objective measure of balance and a functional scale. Two groups of subjects were sampled - one consisted of healthy, active older people with no history of falls, and the other of people who were attending a day hospital and had a history of falls. Both groups were assessed using the `balance meter' and Tinetti's functional scale of Performance-Oriented Assessment of Balance. Reliability was demonstrated, as was the ability of the meter to differentiate between a group of fallers and non-fallers. The correlation coefficient for lateral sway and the Performance-Oriented Assessment was low, and the correlation coefficient for anteroposterior sway and the assessment was slightly higher but not significant. Further tests to establish the validity if the balance meter is needed before it can be used as a clinical measurement of postural sway. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980908405 A |
| Classmark | C4: C8G: OLF: 4C |
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