Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) - balance sit down score

General Details:

Name:
Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) - balance sit down score
Steward:
NINDS
Definition:
Score to report semiquantitative assessment for the ability of the participant/subject to maintain balance as they sit down onto a hard armless chair for the Tinetti Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA)
Registration Status:
Qualified

Permissible Values:

Data Type:
Value List
Unit of Measure:
Ids:
Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
0 Unable without help or collapses (plops) into chair or lands off center of chair Unable without help or collapses (plops) into chair or lands off center of chair
1 Able and does not meet criteria for 0 or 2 Able and does not meet criteria for 0 or 2
2 Sits in a smooth, safe motion and ends with buttocks against back of chair and thighs centered on chair Sits in a smooth, safe motion and ends with buttocks against back of chair and thighs centered on chair

Designations:

Designation:
Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) - balance sit down score
Tags:

Designations:

Definition:
Score to report semiquantitative assessment for the ability of the participant/subject to maintain balance as they sit down onto a hard armless chair for the Tinetti Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA)
Tags:

Reference Documents:

ID:
Title:
URI:
Provider Org:
Language Code:
Document:
Tinetti ME. Performance-oriented assessment of mobility problems in elderly patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1986 Feb;34(2):119-26.

Identifiers:

Source:
NLM
Id:
uBvc5tAHjx1
Version:
3.1
Source:
NINDS
Id:
C11950
Version:
3
Source:
BRICS Variable Name
Id:
POMABalanceSitDownScore
Version: