Turkish Version of Kids BESTest, Validity and Reliability for School-Aged Children

Children, Only Clinical Trial

Official title:

Turkish Version of Kids-BESTest (Balance Evaluation Systems Test) and Kids-Mini-BESTest, Validity and Reliability for School-Aged Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03874078
• Other study ID #: ORDU346
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: May 6, 2021
• Est. completion date: January 2, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: T.C. ORDU ÜNIVERSITESI
• Contact: Sema Bügüsan Oruç, M.Sc.
• Phone: +905059301510
• Email: semabugusan[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to present the Turkish version of Kids-BESTest and Kids-Mini-BESTest and practice of validity and reliability on school-aged children will be performed by utilizing the Turkish version of Kids-BESTest and Kids-Mini-BESTest in this study.

Description:

Postural control is the ability to control the body position in space for the purpose of postural stability.

Full-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) comprises 36 items and evaluate all components of postural control. Full-BESTest classifies postural control across six domains as: Biomechanical constraints, Stability Limits/Verticality, Transitions - Anticipatory Postural Adjustment, Reactive Postural Response, Sensory Orientation and Stability in Gait. Items in each domain are scored from 0 (worst performance) to 3 (best performance), all requires 30 minutes (maximum score is 108).

Because of the clinical time limits, MiniBESTest is a shortened version of BESTest was developed with 14 tasks. MiniBESTest still addresses almost all components of postural control and can be performed 15 min. MiniBESTest is one of the most common methods practiced for adult patients. Recently BESTest and miniBESTest had modified by Dewar et al for 8-14 aged children which termed Kids-BESTest and Kids-Mini-BESTest.

The aim of this study is to present the Turkish version of Kids-BESTest and Kids-Mini-BESTest and practice of validity and reliability on school-aged children will be performed by utilizing the Turkish version of Kids-BESTest and Kids-Mini-BESTest in this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: January 2, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: November 4, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 14 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Typical developing school-aged children who are volunteers.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has medical or behavioural disorders

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Children, Only

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
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Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
T.C. ORDU ÜNIVERSITESI

References & Publications (3)

Dewar R, Claus AP, Tucker K, Ware R, Johnston LM. Reproducibility of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and the Mini-BESTest in school-aged children. Gait Posture. 2017 Jun;55:68-74. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.04.010. Epub 2017 Apr 6. — View Citation

Dewar R, Claus AP, Tucker K, Ware RS, Johnston LM. Reproducibility of the Kids-BESTest and the Kids-Mini-BESTest for Children With Cerebral Palsy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Apr;100(4):695-702. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2018.12.021. Epub 2019 Jan 9. — View Citation

Horak FB, Wrisley DM, Frank J. The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) to differentiate balance deficits. Phys Ther. 2009 May;89(5):484-98. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20080071. Epub 2009 Mar 27. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Kids BESTest	Kids-BESTest has 36 items and six domains as: Biomechanical constraints, Stability Limits/Verticality, Transitions - Anticipatory Postural Adjustment, Reactive Postural Response, Sensory Orientation and Stability in Gait.; Items in each domain are scored from 0 (worst performance) to 3 (best performance) with maximum score of 108.	30 minutes.
Primary	Kids Mini- BESTest	It has 14 items and four domains as Anticipatory Postural Adjustments, Reactive Postural Response, Sensory Orientation and Stability in Gait, to focus on the construct of 'dynamic balance'. Mini-BESTest is scored from 0 (worst performance) to 2 (best performance) with a maximum of 28 points.	15 minutes
Primary	The Four Square Step Test (FSST)	The Four Square Step Test (FSST) is a clinical test that assesses balance in the presence of task and environmental constraints. The FSST measures the time an individual takes to step rapidly in four different directions.	3minutes