FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENT SCALES IN ELDERLY

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POURMAHMOUDIAN PEDRAM; NORASTEH ALI ASGHAR; DANESHMANDI HASAN; ATRKAR ROSHAN ZAHRA

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Journal: Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing Year:2018 | Volume:13 | Issue:2 Page(s): 132-153

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Title

FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENT SCALES IN ELDERLY

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POURMAHMOUDIAN PEDRAM | NORASTEH ALI ASGHAR | DANESHMANDI HASAN | ATRKAR ROSHAN ZAHRA | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENTQ1

FALL PREDICTIONQ1

FALL PREVENTIONQ1

ELDERLYQ2

VALIDITYQ2

RELIABILITYQ2

Abstract

Objectives Balance impairment is one of the major issues in the ELDERLY that can influence the activities of daily living; thus, treatment of balance impairments is the leading scope of the specialists in this field. The present study identified the valid FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENT scales for clinical purpose.Methods & MaterialsElectronic searches of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Magiran, Iran Medex, and Iran Doc databases were conducted using keyword combinations of "assessment or evaluation or result assessment or instrument assessment" and "balance or equilibrium or posture control or sitting or standing" and "older adults or resident" and "fall or fall risk or FALL PREDICTION or balance impairment"; also manual searches and gray literature were assessed. Inclusion criteria were as follows: stated objective to assess balance, evaluation of VALIDITY and RELIABILITY properties, standard protocol and evaluation criteria and published in English or Persian.ResultsA total of 41 balance tests was selected. Among these, BBS, short BBS, TUG, FAB, BST, functional reach test, CTSIB, POMA, and FGA that showed the favored features of this study were selected.ConclusionSelected tests in this study consisted of the items for use in clinical issues and FALL PREDICTION.

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Balance Disorders and Their Related Factors Among the Elderly in the Northern Rural Areas of Iran

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TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY, CONVERGENT VALIDITY, AND INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF THE PERSIAN VERSION OF FULLERTON ADVANCED BALANCE SCALE IN IRANIAN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS

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POURMAHMOUDIAN, PEDRAM, NORASTEH, ALI ASGHAR, DANESHMANDI, HASAN, & ATRKAR ROSHAN, ZAHRA. (2018). FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENT SCALES IN ELDERLY. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF AGEING, 13(2 ), 132-153. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/95116/en

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POURMAHMOUDIAN PEDRAM, NORASTEH ALI ASGHAR, DANESHMANDI HASAN, ATRKAR ROSHAN ZAHRA. FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENT SCALES IN ELDERLY. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF AGEING[Internet]. 2018;13(2 ):132-153. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/95116/en

IEEE: Copy

PEDRAM POURMAHMOUDIAN, ALI ASGHAR NORASTEH, HASAN DANESHMANDI, and ZAHRA ATRKAR ROSHAN, “FUNCTIONAL BALANCE ASSESSMENT SCALES IN ELDERLY,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF AGEING, vol. 13, no. 2 , pp. 132–153, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/95116/en

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