February 1, 2002

Age- and Gender-Related Test Performance in Community-Dwelling Elderly People: Six-Minute Walk Test, Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up & Go Test, and Gait Speeds

TSTeresa M SteffenUniversity of Bonn THTimothy A. HackerUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison LML A MollingerConcordia University Wisconsin

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Preliminary descriptive data suggest that physical therapists should use age-related data when interpreting patient data obtained for the 6MW, BBS, TUG, CGS and FGS. Further data on these clinical tests with larger sample sizes are needed to serve as a reference for patient comparisons.

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