Reliability and Validity of the Balance Evaluation Systems

Reliability and Validity of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) in People With Subacute Stroke by Butsara Chinsongkram, Nithinun Chaikeeree, Vitoon Saengsirisuwan, Nitaya Viriyatharakij, Fay B. Horak, and Rumpa Boonsinsukh ptjournal Volume 94(11): 1632 -1643 October 31, 2014 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Participants in the Validity Study, Classified by Functional Abilitya. Butsara Chinsongkram et al. PHYS THER 2014; 94: 16321643 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association

Relationships between the total scores of the Balance Evaluation System Test (BESTest) and scores from other clinical balance scales: Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini-BESTest), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (PASS), and Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CB&M). Butsara Chinsongkram et al. PHYS THER 2014; 94: 16321643 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association

Distribution of all participants' scores from the Balance Evaluation System Test (BESTest), Mini. Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini-BESTest), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke Patients (PASS), and Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CB&M) across levels of functional ability as determined with the Fugl-Meyer Stroke Assessment –motor subscale (FM-motor). Butsara Chinsongkram et al. PHYS THER 2014; 94: 16321643 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association

Item Scores on the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest)a. Butsara Chinsongkram et al. PHYS THER 2014; 94: 16321643 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association

Receiver operating characteristic curve plots of the Balance Evaluation System Test (BESTest), Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini-BESTest), and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) for classifying patients with subacute stroke in the low and high functional ability groups. Butsara Chinsongkram et al. PHYS THER 2014; 94: 16321643 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association

Cutoff Points With Associated Sensitivity, Specificity, Likelihood Ratios, and Area Under the Curve (AUC) of the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Plot for the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest), Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest), and Berg Balance Scale (BBS)a. Butsara Chinsongkram et al. PHYS THER 2014; 94: 16321643 © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association