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Inter-rater reliability using a modified Balance Error Scoring System
… adults falling per year. There are a range of balance tests used to indicate an older adult's risk of falling, many of which are attention invested and arguably do not apply to real-world settings. In real-world situations an individual’s primary focus cannot always be fixed on a balance task. …
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Influence of Testing Environment on Balance Error Scoring System Performance
Context: The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is a commonly utilized and recommended sideline assessment tool to evaluate post-concussion postural stability. Baseline BESS scores are typically recorded during preseason physical examinations in the athletic training room or nearby laboratory. …
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The Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Balance Error Scoring System in Acutely Concussed Individuals
<p><strong>Context:</strong> The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is the recommended postural stability test and is the most commonly utilized test by Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC). The reliability of BESS ranges from poor (0.80) in healthy, non-injured individuals but has yet to be assessed …
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The Effect of a Competitive Athletic Season on the Performance of the Balance Error Scoring System
The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is a widely utilized concussion assessment tool used to assess postural stability. Baseline testing is used for comparison if an athlete receives a concussion for diagnosis and return to play guidelines. It is unknown if playing a competitive sports season …
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Reliability and Validity of the Condition-Modified Star Excursion Balance Test: Influence of Concussion History
… risk of injury and his/her ability to balance is linked in a cyclical relationship that outlines the necessity of balance assessment tools in the diagnosis, prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. Despite this necessity, many challenges present in relation to assessment protocols and …
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Acute and Chronic Foam Rolling in NCAA Division II Female Golfers
… sit and reach and back scratch tests, and lastly balance was determined from the balance error scoring system. An acute FR session was performed at the beginning of the competitive season with pre- and post-testing. Ten weeks of chronic FR was incorporated with a resistance training program across …
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The Effectiveness of a Dual Task Concussion Assessment for Identifying Impairments in Concussed Athletes
… Assessment of Concussion (SAC) and with the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) is able to identify impairments. <strong>Design: </strong>Prospective longitudinal. <strong>Setting: </strong>Research laboratory. <strong>Participants: </strong>Concussed student-athletes and matched health …
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Headache does not predict sideline neurostatus or balance in high school football players
… from football participation on neurostatus and balance. Design: A two group repeated-measures design. Setting: Three high schools in central Illinois. Participants: Varsity football athletes (N=32; age 16.3±0.8 years, range 16-18; weight 82.8±21.8 kg; height 177.0±7.5 cm), participated in this …
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Headache does not predict sideline neurostatus or balance in high school football players
Headache Does Not Predict Sideline Neurostatus or Balance in High School Football Players Van Boxtel BA, Nohren MW, Sabin MJ, Wessels K, Broglio SP: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL Context: Headache is reported to be the most common concussion related symptom. This …
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Determining the False Positive Rate of a Concussion Battery in Healthy Division I Collegiate Athletes
… vital in correctly diagnosing concussions. The Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), and Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) are among the most commonly used assessment tools by NCAA athletic trainers.</p> …
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Changes in Gait Characteristics Following a Concussion
… in order to return to participation. The Balance Error Scoring System has typically been used to determine if static and postural control have returned to baseline measurements. It has yet to be determined the level of gait recovery within 24 hours of sustaining a concussion (CD1), on the …
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Individual & Combined Effects of Hyperthermia, Dehydration & Fatigue Balance
… of Hyperthermia, Dehydration and Fatigue on Balance. Megan M. VanSumeren, University of Connecticut</p> <p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this controlled, randomized laboratory study was to determine the effect of hyperthermia, dehydration and fatigue as both combined and individual …
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Balance Performance in Adolescents Following a Concussion
… physical consequences of concussion are balance deficits which affect approximately one in three cases. Balance is essential to perform many postures and activities and therefore it is important to accurately identify these deficits at the time of injury and during the recovery process in …
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The Effects of Subconcussive Impacts on Postural Stability
… were instrumented with the Head Impact Telemetry System (HITS) and 13 non-contact athletes with a fall season were recruited for control participants. <strong>Intervention:</strong> The 2014 fall football season. <strong>Results:</strong> No significant deficits in postural stability were measured …
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Concussions in wheelchair users: quantifying seated postural control
… calls for evaluation of symptoms, cognition, and balance when a suspected concussion occurs (Guskiewicz et. al., 2004). Although current symptom scales and cognition measures can be utilized in wheelchair athletes all balance measures (e.g. the Balance Error Scoring System) are completed while …
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Proprioception, jumping capacity and agility in beach versus indoor volleyball players
… changes in training load, previous injury, balance, proprioception, joint kinematics and muscle strength. There has been recent growth in the literature investigating the role of proprioception in the assessment, management and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries. Proprioceptive …