BESTest in MS
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A cross-sectional study conducted on the 201 people with multiple sclerosis aged 27-54 years referred to rehabilitation clinics in Tehran and 39 healthy people at the same age. The research approved by the ethical committee of USWR.AC.IR. Written consent forms obtained from all the subjects. They were recruited from the MS society and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rofeideh, in Tehran, Iran, according to inclusion criteria. Inclusive criteria include diagnosis by a neurologist and scored up to 5 in EDSS, with no previous history of psychological problems, intellectual disability, other neurological diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis, bone fracture and or implant, history of recurrent during past two months, age ranging from 20-50 years old. The subjects have an MMSE score above 23, have not fatigue or special disease which hinder them from assessment (according to their self-report), ability to perform the assessment, have no auditory/visual problem that interferes with assessment performances according to physician’s report, having no history of addiction or drug abuse, and tendency to participate in the research. If the participant was pregnant, could not fulfill all questionnaire items, could not cooperate in performing tests, and or incidence of severe attacks, the subjects excluded. Data collection: After comprehensive history taking, balance assessments (BESTest) were performed. Seventy subjects were scored by two assessors, and 86 of the subject retested after one week. The data were analyzed using SPSS software; version 20 and the BESTest cut-off value (for the total and six subtests) determined by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis based on healthy people. Because identifying people with MS was more important to us, we emphases on greater sensitivity to determining the cut-off points.
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A cross-sectional study conducted on the 201 people with multiple sclerosis aged 27-54 years referred to rehabilitation clinics in Tehran and 39 healthy people at the same age. The research approved by the ethical committee of USWR.AC.IR. Written consent forms obtained from all the subjects. They were recruited from the MS society and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rofeideh, in Tehran, Iran, according to inclusion criteria. Inclusive criteria include diagnosis by a neurologist and scored up to 5 in EDSS, with no previous history of psychological problems, intellectual disability, other neurological diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis, bone fracture and or implant, history of recurrent during past two months, age ranging from 20-50 years old. The subjects have an MMSE score above 23, have not fatigue or special disease which hinder them from assessment (according to their self-report), ability to perform the assessment, have no auditory/visual problem that interferes with assessment performances according to physician’s report, having no history of addiction or drug abuse, and tendency to participate in the research. If the participant was pregnant, could not fulfill all questionnaire items, could not cooperate in performing tests, and or incidence of severe attacks, the subjects excluded. Data collection: After comprehensive history taking, balance assessments (BESTest) were performed. Seventy subjects were scored by two assessors, and 86 of the subject retested after one week. The data were analyzed using SPSS software; version 20 and the BESTest cut-off value (for the total and six subtests) determined by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis based on healthy people. Because identifying people with MS was more important to us, we emphases on greater sensitivity to determining the cut-off points.