Table 3.
MIC of balance-related measures collected on older adults
| Berg Balance Scale | Timed Up and Go | Short Physical Performance Battery | Tineti | BESTest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godi [27] | – | – | – | – | Mini-BESTest P-GRC 4 T-GRC 4 |
| Beauchamp [28] | P-GRC a little better 3.5 points Much better 4.5 points Mean change a little better 4.8 points Much better 7.1 points |
– | – | – | GRC a little better 10.2 points Much better 11.1 points Mean change a little better 12.6 points Much better 17.4 points |
| Paixão [29] | – | – | – | – | mMRC mean change 3.6 Regression 3.3 6-minute walk distance mean change 3.4 Regression 2.6 |
| Godi [30] | PT-GRC Moderate improvement 6 points Mean change Null/small improvement 1.9 points Moderate improvement 7.0 points Large improvement 9.2 points |
– | – | – |
*mini-BESTest GRC Moderate improvement 4 points Mean change Null/small improvement 1.6 points Moderate improvement 4.6 points Large improvement 7.0 points |
| Beauchamp [31] | – | – | – | – | Mini-BESTest T-GRC 1 |
| Saso [32] | PGIC 5.5 points (All) 5.5 points (Mild stroke) |
– | – | – | – |
| Tamura [33] |
FAC change 11.5 points (All patients) 10.5 points (assisted walking) 2.5 points (unassisted walking) Substantial change 18.5 points (All patients) 17.5 points (assisted walking) 24.5 points (unassisted walking) |
– | – | – | – |
| Chan [34] | FGA 5 points |
– | – | – | FGA BESTest 8 (out of 108 total score) Mini BESTest 2 (out of 28 total score) Brief BESTest 3 (out of 24 total score) |
| Rinaldo [35] | – | – | P-GRC 1 point |
– | – |
| Gallagher [36] | P-GRC balance Moderate change 4 points Significant change 4 points |
P-GRC gait Moderate change 3.63 sec (TUG) 2.60 sec (TUG cognition) Significant change 3.63 sec (TUG) 2.60 sec (TUG cognition) |
– | P-GRC balance Moderate change 4 points (Tinitti overall) 2 points (Tinitti balance component) Significant change 4 points (Tinitti overall) 2 points (Tinitti balance component) P-GRC gait Moderate change 2 points (Tinitti gait component) Significant change 2 points (Tinitti gait component) |
– |
| Braun [37] | – | P-GRC-I (n = 22) 2.0–3.4 seconds T-GRC-I (n = 22) 1.6–8.3 seconds FAC-C (n = 24) 1.8–2.0 seconds |
P-GRC-I (n = 54) 0.5–1.5 points T-GRC-I (n = 54) 0.5–1.5 points FAC-C (n = 61) 0.5 points Mean change using T-GRC-I 0.4 points |
– | – |
Patient Global Rating of Change Amount (P-GRC-A); Therapist Global Rating of Change Amount (T-GRC-A); Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC); Patient Global Rating of Change (P-GRC); Global Rating of Change scale by patient and Therapist (mean score used) (PT-GRC); Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC); Patient Global Rating of Change (P-GRC) balance and gait; Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQDI); Therapist Global Rating of Change (T-GRC); Modified British Medical Research Council dyspnea scale (mMRC)