The Balance Outcome Measure for Elder Rehabilitation (BOOMER)

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The Balance Outcome Measure for Elder Rehabilitation (BOOMER) was developed to assist in clinical practice to quantify standing balance.[1] The combination of a variety of single item outcome measures make the BOOMER a highly feasible and applicable tool that is both time and resource efficient.[1]


The BOOMER consists of the following four tests;

  • Timed static stance feet together eyes closed
  • Functional reach
  • Step test
  • Timed up and go (TUG)

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Older adults with deficiencies in standing balance.[2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Haines, T., Kuys, S. S., Morrison, G., Clarke, J., Bew, P., & McPhail, S. (2007). Development and validation of the balance outcome measure for elder rehabilitation. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 88(12), 1614-1621.
  2. Kuys, S.S., Morrison, G., Bew, P.G., Clarke, J., & Haines, T.P. (2011). Further validation of the balance outcome measure for elder rehabilitation. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 92(1), 101-105.