Concurrent Validity of Functional Gait Assessment, Timed Up and Go, and Gait Speed Tests in the Persian Community-Dwelling Elderly

Concurrent Validity of Functional Gait Assessment, Timed Up and Go, and Gait Speed Tests in the Persian Community-Dwelling Elderly

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the Farsi version of Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), Timed Up & Go (TUG), and Gait Speed tests in Persian communitydwelling older adults. Methods: Subjects were 100 males in falling or no falling history group (5...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani, Seyed Hojjat Zamani Sani, Zahra Fathi Rezaie, Mohammad Taghi Aghdasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2010-10-01
Series:Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
Subjects:
Functional gait assessment
Timed up & go test
Gait speed test
Concurrent validity
Persian elderly
Online Access:http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-37&slc_lang=en&sid=1

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