Testing Functional Performance in People With Parkinson Disease
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Testing functional performance in people with Parkinson disease.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) is the most common performance measure for people with Parkinson disease (PD), the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Forward Functional Reach Test (FFR), Backward Functional Reach Test (BFR), Timed "Up & Go" Test (TUG), and gait speed may be used to quantify some aspects of functional performance not measured by the UP...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Therapy
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0031-9023,1538-6724
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.2.134