Is the BESTest at Its Best? A Suggested Brief Version Based on Interrater Reliability, Validity, Internal Consistency, and Theoretical Construct | Zendy

Parminder K. Padgett | Zendy; Jesse V. Jacobs | Zendy; Susan L. Kasser | Zendy

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Is the BESTest at Its Best? A Suggested Brief Version Based on Interrater Reliability, Validity, Internal Consistency, and Theoretical Construct

Author(s) -

Parminder K. Padgett,

Jesse V. Jacobs,

Susan L. Kasser

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20120056

Subject(s) - intraclass correlation , inter rater reliability , construct validity , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cohort , reliability (semiconductor) , test (biology) , physical therapy , medicine , psychometrics , developmental psychology , rating scale , pathology , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology

The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and Mini-BESTest are clinical examinations of balance impairment, but the tests are lengthy and the Mini-BESTest is theoretically inconsistent with the BESTest.

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