Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validity of Mini Bestest in Balance Disorders in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires: Validation Study Protocol

Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reliability, Validity and Viability of the Mini Bestest in Balance Disorders Upon Admission or Readmission to Vestibular Rehabilitation in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires: Validation Study Protocol

The objective of this study is to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of the Mini BESTest (a balance assessment scale) into Argentine Spanish, as well as to study its validation in patients with peripheral vestibular disorders in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects >18 years of age,
• With vestibular alterations of peripheral etiology, within the second year of evolution
• Time of evolution of symptoms ≤ 2 years
• Independent walking with or without walking assistance device
• Who are at the beginning of a VR program
• No diagnoses of psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment,
• Sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Who have suffered amputation in one of their lower limbs,
• History of neurological pathologies (stroke, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disease)