Tinetti test

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Tinetti test
Synonyms Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment
Purposeassessing a person's static and dynamic balance abilities.

The Tinetti Test (TT), or Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA), is a common clinical test for assessing a person's static and dynamic balance abilities. [1] It is named after one of the inventors, Mary Tinetti. The test is in two short sections that contain one examining static balance abilities in a chair and then standing, and the other gait. [2] The two sections are sometimes used as separate tests. [3]

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It has numerous other names, including Tinetti Gait and Balance Examination, Tinetti's Mobility Test, and Tinetti Balance Test; the wide variation in naming, test sections and cut off values sometimes cause confusion. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Tinetti, M.E.; Williams, T. Frankin; Mayewski, R. (1986). "Fall risk index for elderly patients based on number of chronic disabilities". American Journal of Medicine. 80 (3): 429–434. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(86)90717-5. PMID   3953620.
  2. ↑ "Tinetti Balance Assessment Tool" (PDF). Health Promotion in Berkshire. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Tinetti Balance Test". Organization of Home Care Professionals. Archived from the original on 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  4. ↑ Köpke, Sascha; Meyer, Gabriele (1 August 2006). "Der Tinetti-Test – Babylon im geriatrischen Assessment" . Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie (in German). 39 (4): 288–291. doi:10.1007/s00391-006-0398-y. ISSN   1435-1269. PMID   16900448. S2CID   24709521 . Retrieved 2022-11-02.


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