Is additional research warranted for this tool (Y/N) Students should be exposed to tool? (Y/N)Īppropriate for use in intervention research studies? (Y/N) Students should learn to administer this tool? (Y/N) Recommendations for entry-level physical therapy education and use in research: Recommendations based on vestibular diagnosisīenign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Recommendations Based on Parkinson Disease Hoehn and Yahr stage: Recommendations for use based on acuity level of the patient: Reasonable to use, but limited study in target group / Unable to Recommend These recommendations were developed by a panel of research and clinical experts using a modified Delphi process.įor detailed information about how recommendations were made, please visit: Recommendations for use of the instrument from the Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Multiple Sclerosis Taskforce (MSEDGE), Parkinson’s Taskforce (PD EDGE), Spinal Cord Injury Taskforce (PD EDGE), Stroke Taskforce (StrokEDGE), Traumatic Brain Injury Taskforce (TBI EDGE), and Vestibular Taskforce (Vestibular EDGE) are listed below. The Mini-BESTest was developed in 2010 by Franchignoni et al. Scoring definitions and test form available at Horak’s BESTest training website:.The revised version of BESTest is based on psychometric properties of items, item scoring, and Rasch analysis designed to improve the measurement qualities of the original test.Mini BESTest assesses dynamic balance, a unidimensinal construct and includes 14 items addressing 4 of the 6 sections of the original BESTest:ġ) The original BESTest 4 level (0 - 3) scoring was revised to 3 levels (0 - 2) due to redundancy.Ģ) Total score = 28 points per test directions.ģ) Two items have right and left assessment in which the lower score is used within the total score (directions specify which to use).Ĥ) For research, many studies specify use of both left and right data, thus calculating data based on 32 (vs.The Mini BESTest is a 14-item test scored on a 3-level ordinal scale.
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