Validity and reliability testing of the Spanish version of the BESTest and mini-BESTest in healthy community-dwelling elderly.

Background: The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and its abbreviated version, the Mini-BESTest are clinical examination of balance impairment, but its psychometric properties have not yet been tested in European Spanish. We aimed to assess the psychometric properties of BESTest and Mini-BESTest in Spanish in community-dwelling elderly people.

Methods: We designed a cross-sectional transcultural adaptation and validation study.