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Table 2 Scores obtained by sections and total score of BESTest and Mini-BESTest. Values obtained by each raters

From: Validity and reliability testing of the Spanish version of the BESTest and mini-BESTest in healthy community-dwelling elderly

 

Rater 1

Post-hoc Scheffé

Rater 2

Post-hoc Scheffé

F [2, 25] & (p) values

Total cohort

Men

Women

Total cohort

Men

Women

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

I. Biomechanical Constraints

9.97

2.47

11.00

2.45

9.06

2.17

(0.03)*

10.20

2.20

11.21

2.04

9.31

1.99

(0.01)*

3.22 (0.06)

II. Stability limits/Verticality

18.57

1.85

19.14

1.35

18.06

2.11

NS

18.43

1.94

18.71

1.81

18.19

2.10

NS

1.82 (0.18)

III. Anticipatory Postural Adjustments

15.73

1.18

16.07

1.73

15.44

1.90

NS

15.70

1.72

16.07

1.68

15.38

1.75

NS

0.68 (0.52)

IV. Postural Responses

14.93

1.82

15.79

1.31

14.19

1.90

(0.01)*

14.03

1.92

15.0

1.75

13.19

1.68

(0.01)*

4.48 (0.02)*

V. Sensory Orientation

13.63

1.35

13.71

1.64

13.56

1.10

NS

13.63

1.35

13.64

1.65

13.63

1.10

NS

0.24 (0.78)

VI. Stability in Gait

18.07

1.82

18.71

1.77

17.50

1.71

(0.02)*

18.47

1.78

19.29

1.27

17.75

1.88

(0.07)

3.47 (0.05)*

BESTest total score 0–108

90.90

6.80

94.43

6.03

87.81

6.01

 

90.47

6.21

93.93

5.91

87.44

4.83

  

BESTest (0–108)/108*100

84.17

6.30

84.59

6.49

83.80

6.32

(0.74)

83.77

5.75

86.97

5.48

80.96

4.47

(0.01)*

5.28 (0.01)*

I. Anticipatory postural adjustments

6.57

1.16

6.78

1.19

6.37

1.15

NS

6.53

1.22

6.79

1.25

6.31

1.19

NS

0.54 (0.59)

II. Postural responses

7.03

0.96

7.28

0.99

6.81

0.91

NS

6.50

0.82

6.71

0.82

6.31

0.79

NS

1.08 (0.35)

III. Sensory orientation

5.03

0.96

5.21

1.05

4.87

0.88

NS

5.03

1.03

5.07

1.14

5.00

0.97

NS

0.72 (0.50)

IV. Stability in gait

8.13

1.01

8.57

0.94

7.75

0.93

NS

8.20

1.41

8.57

1.28

7.87

1.09

NS

2.86 (0.07)

Mini-BESTest

21.1

1.6

21.93

1.38

20.37

1.45

(0.01)*

20.8

2.0

21.36

2.50

20.31

1.45

(0.17)

4.5 (0.02)*

  1. NS not significant. * p < 0.05