ArticlePhysical therapy2019
The Balance Intensity Scales for Therapists and Exercisers Measure Balance Exercise Intensity in Older Adults: Initial Validation Using Rasch Analysis.
Article in Physical therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Towards improved balance exercise recommendations for older adults: integrating balance intensity into training dosage.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2026Article
- Peer Exercise Leaders Can Accurately and Reliably Rate Intensity of Older Adult Exercisers With the Balance Intensity Scale: A Prospective Cohort Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Article
- Using a co-design approach to develop aquatic reactive balance training for fall prevention.PloS one · 2026Article
- Article
- Proportion of participants meeting falls prevention guidelines in an evidence-based community-based exercise program.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Dementia Moves: protocol for a feasibility study testing a physical rehabilitation program for long-term care residents with moderate to severe dementia.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Factors influencing older adult community fall prevention exercise implementation: a scoping review.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Older adults, clinicians, and researchers' preferences for measuring adherence to resistance and balance exercises.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Differences between physical therapist ratings, self-ratings, and posturographic measures when assessing static balance exercise intensity.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Analysis of the Model for Sports Enhancing Human Health Using Data Mining.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe Balance Intensity Scales (BIS) have been developed to measure the intensity of balance exercise in older adults.
objectiveThe objective was to determine whether the BIS for therapists (BIS-T) and for exercisers (BIS-E) are unidimensional measures of balance exercise intensity, able to be refined using the Rasch model into a hierarchical item order, and appropriately targeted for the older adult population with a variety of diagnoses in a range of exercise testing settings.
designThis was a scale development study using a pragmatic mixed-methods approach.
methodsOlder adult exercisers (n = 108) and their therapists (n = 33) were recruited from a large metropolitan health service and rated balance exercise tasks on the BIS-T and BIS-E in a single session.
resultsScores on both the BIS items and global effort ratings for therapists and exercisers had good correlation and demonstrated unidimensionality. The BIS-T and BIS-E demonstrated a hierarchical distribution of items that fit the Rasch model. The Person Separation Index was moderate (0.62) for the BIS-T but poor (0.33) for the BIS-E. LIMITATIONS: The limitations were that therapists in this study underprescribed high-intensity balance tasks.
conclusionsInitial validation of the BIS-T and the BIS-E demonstrated that these scales can be used for the measurement of balance exercise intensity in older adult populations. The BIS-T items and global effort ratings are recommended for use by therapists, and the global effort ratings are recommended for use by exercisers. Ongoing validation of both scales using high-intensity balance task ratings and different populations of older adults is recommended.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.