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   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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Ask a PT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: Jul 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 954	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ask a PT Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: balance tests 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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