Properties of the 'timed up and go' test: more than meets the eye.

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Published in Gerontology on May 20, 2010

Authors

Talia Herman1, Nir Giladi, Jeffrey M Hausdorff

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory for Gait Analysis and Neurodynamics, Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Associated clinical trials:

Cross Culture Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Version of COMI in Patients With Low Back Pain | NCT03328806

Heart Failure Hospital Readmissions and Physical Therapy | NCT03517514

Normative Values of the Berg Balance Scale and Timed Up and Go Test | NCT04285164

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