The 6-min walk test provides information regarding functional capacity, response to therapy and prognosis across a range of chronic cardiopulmonary conditions.

Subjective measure of confidence in performing various ambulatory activities without falling or experiencing a sense of unsteadiness.

A widely used clinical test of a person's static and dynamic balance abilities, named after Katherine Berg, one of the developers. For functional balance tests, the BBS is generally considered to be the gold standard. The test takes 15–20 minutes and comprises a set of 14 simple balance related tasks, ranging from standing up from a sitting position, to standing on one foot.

The Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) was developed as a clinical tool to assess gait, balance and fall risk. It evaluates not only usual steady-state walking, but also walking during more challenging tasks.

The Functional Reach Test was first developed by Pamela Duncan and colleagues in 1990. It is a quick and simple, single-task dynamic test that defines functional reach as the maximal distance one can reach forward beyond arm's length, while maintaining a fixed base of support in the standing position.

A questionnaire containing 20 questions about a person’s ability to perform everyday tasks. The LEFS can be used by clinicians as a measure of patients' initial function, ongoing progress and outcome, as well as to set functional goals.

The Tinetti Balance and Gait Test (Tinetti 1986) is the oldest clinical balance assessment tool and the widest used among older people. The advantages of Tinetti’s balance assessment tool are its inclusion of both balance and gait and its good inter-rater reliability (85% agreement between raters) and excellent sensitivity (93% of fallers are identified).