The Validity and Reliability of the Four Square Step Test

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-30

Study Completion Date

2019-07-30

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate concurrent and discriminative validity, reliability and level of agreement between the Timed Up \& Go test and the four square step test in typically developed children.

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Detailed Description

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Participants will be assessed by two physiotherapists on two separate days. Prior to the trial, testing instructions to be delivered to participants will be translated and adapted into Turkish. In order to maximize potential agreement and to improve rating accuracy, reliability, and validity, assessment skills of the raters will be refreshed through training.

Administration of the tests will be performed in a corridor of the school. Assessments will be performed in a quiet and adequately lighted environment to minimize the distraction. Participants will be tested with their regular footwear. The demographic information of participants will be recorded. The dynamic balance performances on the four square step test (FSST) and the Timed up \& Go test (TUG) will be assessed by Rater A and B independently and these assessments repeated 24-h later. The participants will be allowed to rest up to five minutes between sessions. A stopwatch will be used to measure time to complete the FSST and TUG test.

Evaluations of concurrent and discriminative validity will be based on mean scores from the first measurement of rater A. Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) will be used to assess the concurrent validity of the FSST and TUG tests. Between-groups discriminative validity of the FSST will be evaluated by the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Bonferroni post-hoc test. Both intra- and inter-rater reliability will be assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). ICC2,1 and ICC2,2 estimates and their 95% confidence intervals will be calculated based on absolute-agreement. Bland \& Altman plots will be constructed to demonstrate agreement between TUG and FSST, and between assessments of rater A and B.

Conditions

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Only Child Balance, Postural

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Interventions

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the Four Square Step test

A square will be formed by using four 90 cm long canes placed on the ground. The sequence will be explained and demonstrated to the participants. They will be allowed one practice trial and subsequently two trials. Instructions will be given and encouraged to complete the sequence as fast as possible without touching the canes. The sequence of trial was 1,2,3,4,1,4,3,2,1. If a participant touch the canes, or perform the test sequence inaccurately, or both feet of the participant do not make contact with the floor in each square, the trial will be considered as unsuccessful and the test will be repeated. One unsuccessful trial will be allowed. The best time will be taken as the score of FSST which are completed successfully.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 5 to 10 years,

Exclusion Criteria

* have musculoskeletal or neurological disorders,
* have history of surgeries of the spine or orthopedic,
* have uncorrected visual acuity.

Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

10 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Emine Handan Tüzün

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR