Tinetti test

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]

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

It has numerous other names, including Tinetti Gait and Balance Examination, Tinetti's Mobility Test, 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. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  3. "Tinetti Balance Test". Organization of Home Care Professionals. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  4. "The Tinetti test - Babylon in geriatric assessment" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 39: 288–291. 2006. doi:10.1007/s00391-006-0398-y.


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