Relationship Between Clinical Measures of Balance and Functional Abilities in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Lowes, Linda; Habib, Zehra; Bleakney, Debra; Westcott, Sarah L.

doi:10.1097/00001577-199608040-00011

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“…The forward FRT has been found to demonstrate good-to-excellent reliability in children with and without disabilities [23,24]. Lowes et al [25] demonstrated a correlation between the FRT and the mobility functional skills section of the Paediatric Evaluation of Disabilities Index (r p ¼ 0.63) in children with and without CP. For each child, a line at the acromion level was marked on the board.…”

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“…The TUG test has demonstrated excellent inter-rater reliability (ICC ¼ 0.99) [25] and moderate-to-good levels of association with the index of sway on the Paediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance and the mobility functional skills and care-giver assistance sections of the Paediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (r p ¼ 0.64 and 0.69, respectively) [25,26].…”

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Relationship between balance abilities and gait characteristics in children with post-traumatic brain injury

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Relationship between balance abilities and gait characteristics in children with post-traumatic brain injury

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“…For example, children with cerebral palsy have demonstrated deficits in anticipatory mechanisms (feedforward postural adjustments) [14][15][16][17][18], adaptive mechanisms (feedback postural adjustments) [3,14,[19][20][21], musculoskeletal systems (muscle force and range of motion required for standing balance) [22] and sensory systems (visual and proprioceptive function required for balance) [23,24]. This research illustrates well how one population can experience a broad range of postural control problems, and also that there is an absence of a comprehensive clinical assessment for children.…”

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Reproducibility of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and the Mini-BESTest in school-aged children

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This study evaluated the intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reproducibility of the FullBESTest and Mini-BESTest when assessing postural control in children. Thirty-four children aged 7-17 years participated in intra-rater and inter-rater evaluation, and 22 children repeated assessment six weeks later for evaluation of test-retest reliability.Postural control was assessed using the Full Balance Evaluation Systems Test (FullBESTest) and the short-form Mini-BESTest. Intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reproducibility were examined using video assessment. Test-retest reproducibility was also assessed in real-time. Reproducibility was examined by agreement and reliability statistics. Agreement was calculated using percentage of agreement, Limits of Agreement and Smallest Detectable Change. Reliability was calculated using Intra-class Correlation Coefficients. Results showed that the reliability of Total Scores was excellent for the Full-BESTest for all conditions (all ICCs>0.82), whereas the MiniBESTest ranged from fair to excellent (ICC=0.56 to 0.86). Percentage of Domain Scores with good-excellent reliability (ICCs>0.60) was slightly higher for the FullBESTest (66%) compared to the Mini-BESTest (59%). Smallest Detectable Change scores were good to excellent for the Full-BESTest (2% to 6%) and for the BESTest (5% to 10%) relative to total test scores. Both the Full-BESTest and MiniBESTest can discriminate postural control abilities within and between days in schoolaged children. The Full-BESTest has slightly better reproducibility and a broader range of items, which could be the most useful version for treatment planning. We propose minor modifications are recommended to improve reproducibility for children, and indicate the modified version by the title Kids-BESTest. Future psychometric research is recommended for specific paediatric clinical populations.

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“…In pediatric populations the FRT has been proposed as a discriminative test and possibly as a diagnostic test to document feed-forward mechanisms of postural control 4. Although the literature shows evidence of validity of the FRT in typically developing children and children with balance impairment,5,6,7 its use as an evaluative tool has not been recommended in these populations due to historically poor to fair test-retest values 4…”

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Factors Affecting Functional Reach Scores in Youth with Typical Development

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Stuberg

et al. 2009

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Purpose Functional Reach Test (FRT) scores were examined for the effects of traditional and alternate methods and subject characteristics. Methods Eighty subjects aged 7–16 years were tested. Effects of measurement method (from finger to finger or from toe to finger) and style of reach (1 or 2 arms) were investigated. Five subject variables were analyzed for interactions among the methods and groups defined by subject characteristic. Results Measurement method and style of reach showed a significant interaction. Interaction of method with subject characteristic was significant for age, height and base of support only. Height groups by quartile were significantly different and scores increased with height, especially in toes-to-finger methods. Conclusions FRT scores were affected by method of reach and method of measurement. Height categories may be more useful when using the test for discriminative purposes, especially with toes-to-finger methods.

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Relationship Between Clinical Measures of Balance and Functional Abilities in Children with Cerebral Palsy

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Relationship between balance abilities and gait characteristics in children with post-traumatic brain injury

Relationship between balance abilities and gait characteristics in children with post-traumatic brain injury

Reproducibility of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and the Mini-BESTest in school-aged children

Factors Affecting Functional Reach Scores in Youth with Typical Development

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