Correlation of Berg Balance Scale and Functional Reach Test

• 발행기관: 한국전문물리치료학회
• 저자명: Eun-young Park Won-ho Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『한국전문물리치료학회지』한국전문물리치료학회지 제14권 제4호, 28~34쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.12.31

영문 초록

The purposes of this study were to provide the basic data and investigate the reliability of functional reach test and identify correlation of Berg balance scale (BBS) and functional reach test (FRT). The sub-jects were twenty healthy young adults and forty-five over 65 years old in order to compare balance ability. These data were analyzed by independent t-test and Pearson's correlation test using SPSS WIN 10.0. The results were as follows. Intrarater reliability coefficients of FRT was .976 and interrater was .942. FRT was significantly correlated with age, height, and BBS (p<.05). There were no significant dif-ferences in FRT and BBS by sex. There was significant difference in reach distance between below 74 elderly and above in FRT. FRT is very reliable test for balance and significantly correlated with BBS. Therefore, it is suggested that FRT is a clinically useful tool to substitute for BBS measuring balance ability in the elderly.

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Balance Berg balance scale Elderly Functional reach test