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, 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]

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]

See also

• Timed Up and Go test

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". 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". Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 39: 288–291. 2006. doi:10.1007/s00391-006-0398-y.