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	Valutazione dell'equilibrio e dell'andatura di Tinetti	Valutazione dello Spazio Vitale
Campo	Gerontologia	Gerontologia
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1986	2003
Ideatore	Mary E. Tinetti	Pamela S. Baker
Tipo	Performance-based assessment	Interview-based assessment of activity range
Fonte seminale	Tinetti, M. E. (1986). Performance-oriented assessment of mobility problems in elderly patients. J Am Geriatr Soc, 34(2), 119-126.	Baker, P. S., Bodner, E. V., & Allman, R. M. (2003). Measuring life-space mobility in community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc, 51(11), 1610-1614.
Alias	Tinetti PTSB, Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment, POMA	LSA, Life Space Assessment
Correlati	5	5
Sintesi	The Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment (also known as the Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment or POMA) is a performance-based evaluation tool developed by Mary E. Tinetti in 1986 to assess balance and gait abnormalities in older adults. The battery combines direct observation of balance maneuvers and walking pattern with a systematic scoring rubric, identifying individuals at high risk for falls and functional decline. It is widely used in geriatric clinics, rehabilitation settings, and fall prevention programs as a practical yet sensitive assessment of mobility impairment.	The Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is an interview-based measure developed by Baker and colleagues in 2003 to evaluate the geographic range and frequency of mobility in community-dwelling older adults. Unlike traditional measures that focus on lower extremity function in controlled settings, the LSA captures the actual areas persons frequent in daily life—from the bedroom to the neighborhood to the larger community—and the frequency and independence with which they access these spaces. It provides a comprehensive portrait of functional mobility in real-world contexts and is a strong predictor of disability, institutionalization, and mortality.