The Star Excursion Balance Test: Analysis of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Inje University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Search MeSH

Treatments: Other: The star excursion balance test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03023579

DKim

Details and patient eligibility

About

PURPOSE: The investigators estimated the reliability, standard error of measurement (SEM), and minimum detectable change (MDC) of the star excursion balance test (SEBT) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

METHODS: Eight children with CP (four boys and four girls, sixteen legs) participated in this study. Each child carried out the SEBT and was assessed by two examiners. To determine intra-rater reliability, the investigators calculated the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) model (3,3). The investigators also calculated the ICC model (2,3) to determine the inter-rater reliability.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• were aged between 4 and 12 years,
• had a status above level II on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS),
• were able to understand instructions from the rater, and

Exclusion criteria

• had history of fracture or sprain of the lower limbs over the previous 12 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

The star excursion balance test

Experimental group

Description:

The star excursion balance test: simple test for dynamic balance

Treatment:

Other: The star excursion balance test