|
KMID : 0357220100220040043
|
|
Journal of Korean Society Physical Therapy
2010 Volume.22 No. 4 p.43 ~ p.48
|
|
|
Test-retest, Inter-rater, and Intra-rater Reliability of a Pediatric Balance Scale in Children with Cerebral Palsy
|
|
Ko Joo-Yeon
Kim Gi-Won
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Balance, Pediatric balance scale (PBS), Cerebral palsy
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
 
|
|