Assessing Gait & Balance in Adults with Mild Balance Impairment: G&B App Reliability and Validity.

ABSTRACT: Smartphone applications (apps) that utilize embedded inertial sensors have the potential to provide valid and reliable estimations of different balance and gait parameters in older adults with mild balance impairment. This study aimed to assess the reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Gait&Balance smartphone application (G&B App) for measuring gait and balance in a sample of middle- to older-aged adults with mild balance impairment in Pakistan. Community-dwelling adults over 50 years of age (N = 83, 50 female, range 50-75 years) with a Berg Balance Scale (BBS) score between 46/56 and 54/56 were included in the study. Data collection involved securing a smartphone to the participant's lumbosacral spine. Participants performed six standardized balance tasks, including four quiet sta

SUBMITTER: Shafi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10747653 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature