1Assistant Professor, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
2Lecturer, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
3Senior Lecturer, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
4Physiotherapists, Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
Online published on 16 January, 2018.
Following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) surgery the patients may have functional deficits like reduced walking velocity and stride length and during the level walking, balance impairment can lead to falling risk in them. But currently, the balance evaluation system is not addressed in full depth with a more reliable tool in knee arthroplasty patients.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of Brief Balance Evaluation System Test (Brief-BESTest) scale as an assessment tool for balance on individuals with TKA.
An observational study design used with 30 individuals as participants who had undergone TKA surgery. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC, model two-way random, type absolute agreement) were calculated for examining the test-retest reliability.
The Intra-rater reliability was 0.984(0.967–0.992); Inter-rater reliability was 0.987(0.973–0.994) and the Bland-Altman analysis of limits of agreement showed that the mean difference was 0.266±1.112 for the Brief-BESTest scale.
The Brief-BESTest is a reliable and time-saving tool to assess the balance in TKA patients and is more reliable compared to Mini-BESTest and BESTest.
Total knee arthroplasty, Stability, Balance test
