Concurrent validity and reliability of the Community Balance and Mobility scale in young-older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the growing number of young-older adults (baby-boomers), there is an increasing demand for assessment tools specific for this population, which are able to detect subtle balance and mobility deficits. Various balance and mobility tests already exist, but suffer from ceiling effects in higher functioning older adults. A reliable and valid challenging balance and mobility test is critical to determine a young-older adult's balance and mobility performance and to timely initiate preventive interventions. The aim was to evaluate the concurrent validity, inter- and intrarater reliability, internal consistency, and ceiling effects of a challenging balance and mobility scale, the Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBM), in young-older adults aged 60 to 70 years.

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SUBMITTER: Weber M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6031142 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature