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Validation of BESS (Balance Errors Scoring System) Test in Physical Education



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Claudia Magaly Espinosa-Méndez, Sebastián Leonardo San-Martin-Rodríguez, Enrique R.P. Buendia-Lozada and Rodrigo Iván Aguilar Enríquez

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DOI:10.17265/2332-7839/2017.05.007

The scoring system BESS (balance errors scoring system), is a test commonly used by clinical investigators, however there is an increase of studies that couple the BESS system, as a measure of results beyond the scope of its original purpose introducing the field of sport, and in our case, as a possible assessment tool balance in physical education. In this paper, the application of BESS Test two different age groups, 5th-grade and 4 semester of high school, college Ypsilanti Puebla was conducted in order to validate it, using the Software ptets to analyze. It conducted a non-random selection of 26 elementary and 26 high school students, 13 men and 13 women in each case. The results were compared in 6 different positions, including 3 on a flat surface and the other 3 on an implement with an unstable surface, each position must be maintained for 20 seconds. It was obtained as a result; the BESS Test is valid for children 5th-grade, not valid for high school students study. t making a contribution to the improvement of the college PE teaching system and the development of lifelong education in the national sports. style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>P < 0.05). HR, VO₂, and RPE were the same for the WP and NP. Sf was lower in WP going uphill (P < 0.05) but was unchanged going downhill. Se in the WP was higher than in the NP for both terrains (P < 0.01). When analyzed by slope, VO₂ during uphill at 18.8° was lower in WP (37.2 ± 6.3) than in NP (38.6 ± 7.1 ml·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹, P < 0.05), but no difference in VO₂ was found between WP and NP at the 12.9° and 7.0°. TT during uphill was slower in WP than NP at 12.9° (7.9 ± 1.1 vs. 7.4 ± 1.0) and 18.8° (5.3 ± 1.3 vs. 4.9 ± 1.0 min, respectively, P < 0.05). No differences were noticed in HR and OP during uphill at every grade. CONCLUSIONS: Pole use decreased metabolic cost in the novice hikers only in the highest grade but not in the other two lower grades.

BESS Test, validation, physical education.