Table 3.
Distribution of Berg Balance Scale scores from each evaluator: evaluator 1 (E1) and evaluator 2 (E2)
| Items | 0 point |
1 point |
2 points |
3 points |
4 points |
Mean | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | E2 | E1 | E2 | E1 | E2 | E1 | E2 | E1 | E2 | ||
| 1. Sitting to standing | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 3.2 |
| 2. Standing unsupported | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 3.5 |
| 3. Sitting unsupported | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 3.9 |
| 4. Standing to sitting | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 3.3 |
| 5. Transfers | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 3.1 |
| 6. Standing with eyes closed | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 3.4 |
| 7. Standing with feet together | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2.4 |
| 8. Reaching forward with outstretched arm | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 9. Retrieving object from floor | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 3.2 |
| 10. Turning to look behind | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 2.7 |
| 11. Turning 360° | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2.0 |
| 12. Placing alternate foot on stool | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1.8 |
| 13. Standing with one foot extended | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 14. Standing on one foot | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Total | 68 | 69 | 35 | 37 | 64 | 61 | 88 | 84 | 207 | 211 | 38.0 |