Katherine Berg

Biography

• 1969–1973 BSc PT, McGill University
• 1985–1987 MSc, McGill University. Thesis Measuring balance in the elderly: development of an instrument
• 1987–1993 PhD (Epidemiology and biostatistics), McGill University. Thesis: Measuring balance in the elderly: development and validation of an instrument. The development and validation of a balance scale that is used internationally in rehabilitation and geriatrics clinical practice and research.
• 1993 – 1999 Assistant Professor (research) at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island USA
• 2000-2004 Physiotherapy Program Director, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University
• 2004 – Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
• Adjunct associate professor at Waterloo University; interRAI Instrument and System Development (ISD) Committee; CIHR grant titled “Connecting Emergency Departments with Community services to prevent mobility losses in pre-frail and frail Seniors” (CEDeComS).

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Medical Eponyms

Berg Balance Scale (1989)

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Major Publications

• Berg KO, Wood-Dauphinee SL, Williams JI, Gayton D. Measuring balance in the elderly: preliminary development of an instrument. Physiotherapy Canada. 1989; 41(6): 304-311
• Berg KO, Wood-Dauphinee SL, Williams JI, Maki B. Measuring balance in the elderly: validation of an instrument. Can J Public Health. 1992;83 Suppl 2:S7-S11 [Berg Balance Scale]
• Berg KO, Maki BE, Williams JI, Holliday PJ, Wood-Dauphinee SL. Clinical and laboratory measures of postural balance in an elderly population. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1992;73(11):1073-1080.
• Berg K, Wood-Dauphinee S, Williams JI. The Balance Scale: reliability assessment with elderly residents and patients with an acute stroke. Scand J Rehabil Med. 1995;27(1):27-36.
• Berg K, Mor V, Morris J, Murphy KM, Moore T, Harris Y. Identification and evaluation of existing nursing homes quality indicators. Health Care Financ Rev. 2002;23(4):19-36.
• Miyamoto ST, Lombardi Junior I, Berg KO, Ramos LR, Natour J. Brazilian version of the Berg balance scale. Braz J Med Biol Res. 2004;37(9):1411-1421
• Muir SW, Berg K, Chesworth B, Speechley M. Use of the Berg Balance Scale for predicting multiple falls in community-dwelling elderly people: a prospective study. Phys Ther. 2008;88(4):449-459.

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References

• Katherine Berg, PhD PT. University of Toronto
• Katherine Berg, PhD PT. interRAI
• Katherine Berg. ORCiD
• Bibliography. Berg, Katherine. WorldCat Identities