CyberPT Physical Therapy Forum : balance tests http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:55:01 +0000 Tue, 18 May 2010 13:05:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.03 360 www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=652 <![CDATA[CyberPT Physical Therapy Forum]]> http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_images/pt_logo.gif http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/ <![CDATA[balance tests : Our user asked: &#034;I am looking...]]> http://www.cyberpt.com/ptforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=652&PID=781&title=balance-tests#781 Author: Ask a PT
Subject: 652
Posted: May 18 2010 at 1:05pm

Our user asked: "I am looking for a standardized balance test for clients who are wheelchair bound and cannot participate in the Berg, Tinetti, TUG or FR tests."
 
Ask a PT Response: "In my literature research, I found no tests that were specific to those in wheelchairs. However, I come to think that the Multidirectional Reach Test and the Backwards Release Test could be used for someone in a wheelchair. Here is a handbook on balance assessments that lines out the protocol for those tests:
http://www.patientsafety.gov/safetytopics/fallstoolkit/resources/educational/Balance_Assessment_Handbook.pdf
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