Validity and reliability of the Balance Error Score System (BESS) Thai version in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neck pain has been found to affect the somatosensory system, which can lead to impaired balance control. To assess the balance of patients with neck pain and other conditions, the balance error scoring system (BESS) is commonly used as a static balance measurement tool. However, this tool is seldom used in Thailand due to its English language format.

Objective

To translate and determine the content, convergent validity, and reliability of a Thai version of the BESS tool.

Material and methods

A process of cross-cultural adaptation was utilized to translate BESS into a Thai version, called BESS-TH. To assess content validity, five physical therapy lecturers specializing in the musculoskeletal field used BESS to measure balance in participants with neck pain.

SUBMITTER: Leungbootnak A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10977775 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature