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Test-retest, Inter-rater, and Intra-rater Reliability of a Pediatric Balance Scale in Children with Cerebral Palsy  

Ko, Joo-Yeon (Department of Physical Therapy, Bundang CHA General Hospital)
Kim, Gi-Won (Department of Physical Therapy, Dong-Nam Health College)
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The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy / v.22, no.4, 2010 , pp. 43-48 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was designed to determine the test-retest, inter-rater, and intra-rater reliability of the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) when applied to children with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: Subjects were out-patient children with cerebral palsy at four CP clinics in Gyeonggyi-do and Chungcheong nam-do. For test-retest and inter-rater reliability studies, the PBS was used twice on 7 separate days by twenty-four children with CP. To assess intra-rater reliability, 10 CP subjects were selected by random sampling. Four pediatric-trained physical therapists with 2-13 years of clinical experience scored the children’s performance blindly, while replaying videotaped data. Results: There was no significant difference in total scores (ICC 3,1=0.89, 0.93, 0.90, and 0.91) measured by each of the four therapists on two occasions. The Inter-rater reliability assessed the 1st and 2nd time was high (1stICC 3,1=0.91, 2nd ICC 3,1=0.93). The intra-rater reliability measured by each of the four therapists using the 2nd scores was also high (ICC 3,1=0.98, 0.99, 0.97, and 0.98). Conclusion: The PBS is reliable. We believe that it can be used in characterizing children with CP.
Keywords
Balance; Pediatric balance scale (PBS); Cerebral palsy;
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