Author(s): Dr. Manoj Kumar, Dr. Vaibhav Chavda and Dr. Srushti Vyas

Abstract:
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the aging population and affects mobility, locomotion, and balance. There are multiple tools available for assess balance parameters in PD. BBS, POMA, Mini-BES Test scale and PIGD are most important and recommended tools to assess balance parameters. Mini-BES Test scale assess all 4 components of the balance parameters but psychometric properties of this scale on parkinson’s disease population was not found. Need of the study: There is no valid data available for reliability and con-current validity of Mini-BES Test scale on Indian population of PD. Methodology: 61 patient of PD stage 1 to 3 were included in this study. They were assessed by two scale (1=Mini-BES Test scale, 2 = Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment scale (POMA)) for test-retest reliability, interrater reliability and con-current validity by 2 different raters. The data was analysed with ICC value and Cronbach’s Alpha for reliability and spearmen’s correlation for validity. Result: Mini-BES Test scale has excellent test-retest and interrater reliability and moderate to high correlation for con-current validity. Conclusion: Mini-BES Test scale is valid and reliable tool for assess balance in PD.

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