Author(s)

Victoria Laspa¹, Thomas Besios², Alexandra Xristara², George Tsigaras³, Maria Milioudi^3*, Savvas Mauromoustakos⁴, Stauros Kottaras⁴

¹Department of Physiotherapy, International University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²Lamia Physiotherapy Department, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece.
³Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴Department of Physical Therapy, International University of Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Introduction: In recent years, many tests have been developed to assess the mobility and functional capacity of children with motor dysfunctions. The Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) is a qualitative assessment test of the motor behavior of children aged 4 to 18 years. Purpose: The purpose of the proposed research is to determine the external reliability of the test Pediatric Balance Scale translated for the first time in Greek in children aged 4 to 18 years, in order to have a reliable tool in the hands of experts. Method: 26 children (14 girls and 12 boys with an average age of ±10,673 years of age) participated in this research. The Greek adaptation of the PBS and a Nikon 5300 digital camera for video recording were used for data collection. Results: The results found that there were no statistically significant differences between the two independent evaluators and that the Pediatric Balance Scale test had strong reliability. Overall, the results of the present investigation provided considerable evidence suggesting that the Greek adaptation of the PBS test has good inter-rater reliability and can be used to detect kinetic disorders in children aged 4 to 18 years for the Greek population.

PBS, Children, Evaluation, Reliability

Laspa, V. , Besios, T. , Xristara, A. , Tsigaras, G. , Milioudi, M. , Mauromoustakos, S. and Kottaras, S. (2020) Reliability and Clinical Significance of the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) in the Greek Language in Children Aged 4 to 18 Years. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 10, 73-81. doi: 10.4236/ojpm.2020.105005.