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.
It is named after one of the inventors,
Mary Tinetti
Mary Tinetti is an American physician, and Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University, and Director of the Yale Program on Aging.
Life
She graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Ar ...
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The test is in two short sections that contain one examining static balance abilities in a chair and then standing, and the other gait. The two sections are sometimes used as separate tests.
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.
See also
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Timed Up and Go test
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References
External links
Free online Tinetti Test calculator
Biomechanics
Medical scales
Geriatrics
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