The Korean version of relative and absolute reliability of gait and balance assessment tools for patients with dementia in day care center and nursing home.

[Purpose] This study was aimed to determine the relative and absolute reliability of Korean version tools of the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the Timed Up and Go (TUG), the Four-Meter Walking Test (4MWT) and the Groningen Meander Walking Test (GMWT) in patients with dementia. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 53 patients with dementia were tested on TUG, BBS, 4MWT and GMWT with a prospective cohort methodological design. Intra-class Correlation Coefficients (ICCs) to assess relative reliability and the standard error of measurement (SEM), minimal detectable change (MDC) and its percentage (MDC) to analyze the absolute reliability were calculated.

Correlation between Trunk Posture and Neck Reposition Sense among Subjects with Forward Head Neck Postures.

Objective: To assess the correlation of abnormal trunk postures and reposition sense of subjects with forward head neck posture (FHP).

Methods: In all, postures of 41 subjects were evaluated and the FHP and trunk posture including shoulder, scapular level, pelvic side, and anterior tilting degrees were analyzed. We used the head repositioning accuracy (HRA) test to evaluate neck position senses of neck flexion, neck extension, neck right and left side flexion, and neck right and left rotation and calculated the root mean square error in trials for each subject.