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Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly
[Purpose] Balance is an integral part of human ability. The smart balance master system (SBM) is a balance test instrument with good reliability and validity, but it is expensive. Therefore, we modified a Wii Fit balance board, which is a convenient balance assessment tool, and analyzed its reliabil...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24259769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1251 |
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author | Chang, Wen-Dien Chang, Wan-Yi Lee, Chia-Lun Feng, Chi-Yen |
author_facet | Chang, Wen-Dien Chang, Wan-Yi Lee, Chia-Lun Feng, Chi-Yen |
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description | [Purpose] Balance is an integral part of human ability. The smart balance master system (SBM) is a balance test instrument with good reliability and validity, but it is expensive. Therefore, we modified a Wii Fit balance board, which is a convenient balance assessment tool, and analyzed its reliability and validity. [Subjects and Methods] We recruited 20 healthy young adults and 20 elderly people, and administered 3 balance tests. The correlation coefficient and intraclass correlation of both instruments were analyzed. [Results] There were no statistically significant differences in the 3 tests between the Wii Fit balance board and the SBM. The Wii Fit balance board had a good intraclass correlation (0.86–0.99) for the elderly people and positive correlations (r = 0.58–0.86) with the SBM. [Conclusions] The Wii Fit balance board is a balance assessment tool with good reliability and high validity for elderly people, and we recommend it as an alternative tool for assessing balance ability. |
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spelling | pubmed-38201942013-11-20 Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly Chang, Wen-Dien Chang, Wan-Yi Lee, Chia-Lun Feng, Chi-Yen J Phys Ther Sci Original [Purpose] Balance is an integral part of human ability. The smart balance master system (SBM) is a balance test instrument with good reliability and validity, but it is expensive. Therefore, we modified a Wii Fit balance board, which is a convenient balance assessment tool, and analyzed its reliability and validity. [Subjects and Methods] We recruited 20 healthy young adults and 20 elderly people, and administered 3 balance tests. The correlation coefficient and intraclass correlation of both instruments were analyzed. [Results] There were no statistically significant differences in the 3 tests between the Wii Fit balance board and the SBM. The Wii Fit balance board had a good intraclass correlation (0.86–0.99) for the elderly people and positive correlations (r = 0.58–0.86) with the SBM. [Conclusions] The Wii Fit balance board is a balance assessment tool with good reliability and high validity for elderly people, and we recommend it as an alternative tool for assessing balance ability. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2013-11-20 2013-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3820194/ /pubmed/24259769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1251 Text en 2013©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
spellingShingle | Original Chang, Wen-Dien Chang, Wan-Yi Lee, Chia-Lun Feng, Chi-Yen Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly |
title | Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of
Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly |
title_full | Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of
Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly |
title_fullStr | Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of
Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly |
title_full_unstemmed | Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of
Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly |
title_short | Validity and Reliability of Wii Fit Balance Board for the Assessment of
Balance of Healthy Young Adults and the Elderly |
title_sort | validity and reliability of wii fit balance board for the assessment of
balance of healthy young adults and the elderly |
topic | Original |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24259769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1251 |
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