Dynamic Longitudinal Evaluation of the Utility of the Berg Balance Scale in Individuals With Motor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Somnath Datta, PhD, Douglas J. Lorenz, PhD, Susan J. Harkema, PhD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 93, Issue 9, Pages 1565-1573 (September 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.026 Copyright © 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Plot of Berg Balance Scale item SDs against item means at the enrollment evaluation for patients in NRS phase 1 (red), NRS phase 2 (green), and NRS phase 3 (blue). Points are plotted as the number of each Berg Balance Scale item (1–14). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2012 93, 1565-1573DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.026) Copyright © 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Loading coefficients from the first principal component of the 14 items of the Berg Balance Scale by NRS phase at enrollment. Abbreviations: BBS, Berg Balance Scale. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2012 93, 1565-1573DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.026) Copyright © 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Loading coefficients from the first principal component of the Berg Balance Scale over time for the full sample for each item difficulty grouping (left panel = simple items, center panel = moderate items, right panel = difficult items). Center and right panels have broken y axes to better display the longitudinal pattern of loading coefficients for moderate and difficult items. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2012 93, 1565-1573DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.026) Copyright © 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Loading coefficients from the first principal component of the Berg Balance Scale over time for each NRS phase group (rows) by item difficulty (columns). Abbreviation: PC, principal component. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2012 93, 1565-1573DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.026) Copyright © 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions