berg balance scale reliability and validity

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Tinetti ME (1986) Performance-oriented assessment of mobility problems in elderly patients. Smania N, Corato E, Tinazzi M, Stanzani C, Fiaschi A, Girardi P, Gandolfi M (2010) Effect of balance training on postural instability in patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. The Persian version of the BBS has excellent interrater reliability and internal consistency for the assessment of PD patients. Cronbach’s alpha for Iranian version of BBS was 0.92, which shows the excellent reliability of the questionnaire (0.62–0.9 for all items). The total score recorded by both examiners, interclass correlation coefficient, was 0.99, which is excellent. The mean of Kappa coefficient between two examiners was 0.76, which was between 0.38 and 0.93 for various items. The mean values of the BBS scored by the two evaluators were 47/85 ± 11/09 and 48/03 ± 10/90, respectively. Interrater reliability was measured with the Kappa statistics and interclass correlation coefficients. One hundred PD patients (with mean age of 56.8 ± 15.13 years) were included. The purpose of this study is to investigate reliability and validity of the Persian translation of BBS in Parkinson disease.

The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) has been the main instrument used to evaluate balance impairment. Parkinson disease (PD) is one of the common causes of imbalance, and the balance assessment is necessary for treatment and rehabilitation of these patients.

Berg balance scale reliability and validity