TITLE:
Reliability and Clinical Significance of the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) in the Greek Language in Children Aged 4 to 18 Years
AUTHORS:
Victoria Laspa, Thomas Besios, Alexandra Xristara, George Tsigaras, Maria Milioudi, Savvas Mauromoustakos, Stauros Kottaras
KEYWORDS:
PBS, Children, Evaluation, Reliability
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
29,
2020
ABSTRACT: Introduction: In recent years, many
tests have been developed to assess the mobility and functional capacity of
children with motor dysfunctions. The Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) is a
qualitative assessment test of the motor behavior of children aged 4 to 18
years. Purpose: The purpose of the proposed research is to determine the
external reliability of the test Pediatric Balance Scale translated for the
first time in Greek in children aged 4 to 18 years, in order to have a reliable
tool in the hands of experts. Method: 26 children (14 girls and 12 boys
with an average age of ±10,673 years of age) participated in this research. The
Greek adaptation of the PBS and a Nikon 5300 digital camera for video recording
were used for data collection. Results: The results found that there
were no statistically significant differences between the two independent
evaluators and that the Pediatric Balance Scale test had strong reliability.
Overall, the results of the present investigation provided considerable
evidence suggesting that the Greek adaptation of the PBS test has good
inter-rater reliability and can be used to detect kinetic disorders in children
aged 4 to 18 years for the Greek population.