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  • Pediatric Balance Scale: Tr...
    Bania, Theofani A.; Gkoutsidou, Paraskevi; Billis, Evdokia; Lampropoulou, Sofia

    Pediatric physical therapy, 10/2023, Letnik: 35, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    Purpose: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) into Greek. Methods: The PBS was forward-back translated and evaluated for content equivalence. The Greek PBS (PBS GR ) was administered to children with movement impairments by 2 pediatric physical therapists. The scale was readministered to the same children after 3 weeks (test-retest reliability) and to children with typical development for discriminant validity. The 1-minute walk test was administered to test the scale's concurrent validity. Results: Psychometric testing was completed on 26 children with movement impairments. The scale had excellent interrater and test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Moderate correlation was observed between PBS GR and 1-minute walk. Children with movement impairment had significantly lower PBS GR scores than children with typical development. Conclusions: Acceptable reliability, concurrent validity, and discriminant validity were observed for the PBS GR .