Item Rater A1-A2 k Rater B1-B2 k Rater C1-C2 k Rater A1-B1 k Rater A1-C1 k Rater B1-C1 k
Anticipatory postural adjustments            
1. Sit to stand 0.84 1.00 0.84 0.84 1.00 0.84
2. Rise to toes 0.74 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.74 0.72
3. Stand on one leg            
      Left 0.87 1.00 0.94 0.87 0.80 0.94
      Right 0.93 0.93 0.80 1.00 0.87 0.87
Postural responses            
4. Compensatory stepping correction - forward 0.55 0.85 0.84 0.49 0.56 0.77
5. Compensatory stepping correction - backward 0.68 0.68 0.87 0.87 0.74 0.87
6. Compensatory stepping correction - lateral            
      Left  0.53 0.59 90% 0.67 71% 50%
      Right 0.73 0.87 0.80 0.74 0.68 0.81
Sensory orientation            
7. Eyes open, firm surface 100% 0.81 95% 0.81 96% 98%
8. Eyes closed, foam surface 0.90 0.90 0.82 1.00 0.91 0.91
9. Incline – eyes closed 1.00 1.00 0.77 0.91 0.84 0.92
Balance during gait            
10. Change in gait speed 95% 0.75 0.70 95% 95% 0.54
11. Walk with head turns - horizontal 0.47 0.62 0.61 0.44 0.21 0.50
12. Walk with pivot turn 0.80 0.73 0.52 0.40 0.55 0.53
13. Step over obstacles 0.93 0.87 0.79 0.73 0.79 0.80
14. Timed up and go with dual task 0.87 0.80 0.86 0.73 0.73 0.86
Intra-rater (A1-A2, B1-B2, C1-C2) and inter-rater (A1-B1, A1-C1, B1-C1) agreement expressed in k (kappa) or % (percentage agreement).
Table 4: Intra- and inter-rater reliability of each item on the Mini-BESTest for the participants (n=24).
A1, B1, C1 refer to the first scores of the three raters. A2, B2, C2 refer to the second scores (four weeks later).