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

Table 3 Inter-rater concordance in each BESTest section and for each Mini-BESTest items

	ICC Unique M (95%CI)^a	ICC Average M (95%CI)^b	Alfa Cronbach	SEM^c	MDC^d
BESTest
Section I. Biomechanical constraints	0.88 (0.76–0.94)	0.94 (0.86–0.97)	0.93	0,61	1,68
Section II. Stability limits/verticality	0.81 (0,64-0,90)	0,79 (0,78-0,95))	0.90	0,85	2,35
Section III. Anticipatory postural adjustments	0.96 (0.92–0.98)	0.98 (0.96–0.99)	0.98	0,26	0,71
Section IV. Postural responses	0.73 (0.51–0.82)	0.84 (0.67–0.93)	0.84	0,73	2,02
Section V. Sensory orientation	0.92 (0.85–0.96)	0.96 (0.92–0.98)	0.96	0,27	0,75
Section VI. Stability in gait	0.89 (0.78–0.94)	0.94 (0.87–0.97)	0.94	0,45	1,23
Total Score	0.93 (0.86–0.97)	0.97 (0.93–0.98)	0.97	1,18	3,27
Mini-BESTest
Anticipatory	0.89 (0.78–0.95)	0.94 (0.88–0.97)	0.94	0,29	0,79
Reactive postural control	0.67 (0.41–0.83)	0.80 (0.58–0.90)	0.80	0,43	1,19
Sensory orientation	0.72 (0.50–0.86)	0.84 (0.66–0.92)	0.84	0,39	1,07
Dynamic gait	0.78 (0.59–0.89)	0.88 (0.74–0.94)	0.88	0,35	0,97
Total score	0.65 (0.38–0.82)	0.79 (0.55–0.90)	0.79	0,74	2,04

^aIntraclass Correlation Coeficient Unique Measurement (95% Confidence Interval)
^bIntraclass Correlation Coeficient Average Measurement (95% Confidence Interval)
^cStandard Error of Measurement
^dMinimum Detectable Change

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