Reliability and Validity of Urdu Version of Mini-BESTest in Persons With Parkinson's Disease

Is the Urdu Version of Mini-BESTest a Reliable and Valid Tool for Assessing the Dynamic Balance Impairments of Patients With Parkinson's Disease?

Various clinical scales are available to investigate balance impairment, Mini-BESTest is one of them. Thus, this study aims to translate the Mini-BESTest into Urdu and investigate its psychometric properties in the Pakistani Parkinson's population with dynamic balance impairment.

The aim of study is to translate and culturally adapt Mini-BESTest into Urdu language and secondly to investigate the reliability and validity of Urdu Version of Mini-BEStest in Parkinson's Pakistani population. This study will be cross sectional survey study in which convenience sampling technique will be used.

The results of study will help to know the validity and reliability of Mini-BESTest in Urdu version with dynamic balance impairments in Parkinson's population. The reliability of the scale will be checked through internal consistency and test-retest methods. Internal consistency will be analyzed with Cronbach's alpha value. Test-retest reliability will be assessed using an intraclass correlation coefficient with 80 patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All persons with Parkinson disease and ability to follow commands were included in the study.
2. living independently in the community
3. able to walk 6 m independently
4. willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of other neurological disorders
2. Musculoskeletal damage which affects walking ability
3. Presence of serious medical condition
4. History of surgical treatments for Parkinson disease
5. Not willing to participate in the study
6. history of faint, vertigo, dizziness,or taking medications which can cause dizziness
7. history of any medical condition which can affect balance.