Psychometric properties of the Berg balance scale in idiopathic Parkinson' disease in the drug off-phase.

Ghorban TaghizadehPablo Martinez-MartinSeyed-Mohammad FereshtehnejadSeyed Amirhasan HabibiNegar NikbakhtNaeeme Haji AlizadehSheyda SalehiMaryam Mehdizadeh

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2018)

Our study suggests that BBS has satisfactory internal consistency, reliability, and construct validity for measuring functional balance in people with PD during the drug off-phase.

Keyphrases

parkinson disease
psychometric properties
deep brain stimulation
adverse drug