Spanish Version of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test and Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test

NCT03403218 — Not applicable, Completed, 12 participants, Universidad de Zaragoza

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Translation and Validation of the Spanish Version of the BESTest and Mini-BESTest

RegistryNCT03403218, acronym BESTest
StatusCompleted
PhaseNot applicable
Study typeInterventional; na, single group, masking: none, basic science
Enrollment12 (Actual)
SponsorUniversidad de Zaragoza (Other); collaborators: Instituto Aragones de Ciencias de la Salud
ConditionsBalance
InterventionsCase group (Behavioral)
Datesstart 2017-09-18, primary completion 2017-11-16, completion 2017-12-30, first posted 2018-01-18, last updated 2018-01-18
Locations1 site in Spain

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-Summary

This study aim to translate the BESTest and mini-BESTest to Spanish, adapt it and investigate its validity in spanish population.

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+Detailed description

To translate the BESTest and mini-BESTest to Spanish, adapt it and investigate its validity in spanish. Check its metric properties in relation to other balance tests.

+Arms and interventions

ArmTypeInterventionsDescription
case groupExperimentalBehavioral: Case groupBESTest, mini-BESTest, Berg scale and FES (falls efficacy scale) (in Spanish version is administrated in case group.
  • Case group (Behavioral): assessment of quality on posture, transfers and displacement

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

  • Concurrent validity of Best test- 1 [1 month]: concurrent validity of BESTest compare to other model balance tests

Secondary outcomes

  • Psychometric properties of Spanish version of BESTest. [1 year]: To perform a detailed analysis of the psychometric properties of the BESTest Spanish version.
  • Psychometric properties of Spanish version of mini-BESTest. [1 year]: To perform a detailed analysis of the psychometric properties of the mini-BESTest Spanish version.

Other outcomes

  • concurrent validity of mini-BESTest [1 month]: concurrent validity of mini-BESTest compare to Berg scale and FES.

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 65 Years to 85 Years, accepts healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: healthy subjects without diagnosed balance problems.

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Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed balance problems.
* One falling in the last three months.

+Locations (1)

FacilityCityCountryStatus
Facultad de Ciencias de la SaludZaragozaSpain

+Publications

  • Results publication: Dominguez-Olivan P, Gasch-Gallen A, Aguas-Garcia E, Bengoetxea A. Validity and reliability testing of the Spanish version of the BESTest and mini-BESTest in healthy community-dwelling elderly. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Nov 4;20(1):444. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01724-3. PMID 33148216

+Study documents

+Investigators