ArticleClinical rehabilitation2021
A prospective study to establish the minimal clinically important difference of the Mini-BESTest in individuals with stroke.
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- The minimal important change for measures of balance and postural control in older adults: a systematic review.Age and ageing · 2022Pooled it
- Validation of the Czech adaptation of Mini-BESTest into clinical practice.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
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- Involving Physiotherapists in the Conduct of Research: A Mixed Methods Study of Physiotherapist Experiences, Perceptions, and Clinical Practice in a Research Project Using a Standardized Clinical Measure of Standing Balance.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- Responsiveness of the mini-balance evaluation systems test, dynamic gait index, Berg balance scale, and performance-oriented mobility assessment in parkinson's disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change of the Mini- and Brief-Balance Evaluation Systems Tests in People with Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study.Neurology international · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Minimal Important Change and Minimal Detectable Change of the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Lower Extremity Scale in Patients with Stroke.Physical therapy research · 2025Review
- Balance function in critical illness survivors and evaluation of psychometric properties of the Mini-BESTest.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Minimal Clinically Important Difference of Scales Reported in Stroke Trials: A Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) in the Functional Status Measures in Patients with Stroke: Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Construct validity of the Mini-BESTest in individuals with chronic pain in specialized pain care.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Effects of Home-Based Boxing Training on Trunk Performance, Balance, and Enjoyment of Patients With Chronic Stroke.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- Cutoff Point of Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test Scores for Elderly Estimated by Center of Pressure Measurements by Linear Regression and Decision Tree Classification.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effect of innovative vs. usual care physical therapy in subacute rehabilitation after stroke. A multicenter randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the minimal clinically important difference of the Mini-BESTest in individuals' post-stroke.
designProspective cohort study.
settingOutpatient stroke rehabilitation. SUBJECTS: Fifty outpatients with stroke with a mean (SD) age of 60.8 (9.4).
interventionOutpatients with stroke were assessed with the Mini-BESTest before and after a course of conventional rehabilitation. Rehabilitation sessions occurred one to two times/week for one hour and treatment duration was 1.3-42 weeks (mean (SD) = 17.4(10.6)). MAIN MEASURES: We used a combination of anchor- and distribution-based approaches including a global rating of change in balance scale completed by physiotherapists and patients, the minimal detectable change with 95% confidence, and the optimal cut-point from receiver operating characteristic curves.
resultsThe average (SD) Mini-BESTest score at admission was 18.2 (6.5) and 22.4 (5.2) at discharge (effect size: 0.7) (
conclusionsA change of 4-5 points on the Mini-BEST is required to be perceptible to clinicians and patients, and beyond measurement error. These values can be used to interpret changes in balance in stroke rehabilitation research and practice.
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