0bjective:
To estimate intratester and intertester reliability and learning effects during the Star Excursion Balance Tests (SEBTs).
Setting:
A university athletic training research laboratory.
Subjects:
Sixteen healthy volunteers with no history of balance disorders or significant lower extremity joint pathology.
Measurements:
Length of excursion was measured manually for each trial.
Results:
ICCs for intratester reliability were .78–.96 on day 1 and 32–.96 on day 2. ICCs for intertester reliability were .35–.84 on day 1 and .81–.93 on day 2. Significant learning effects were identified for 4 of the 8 tests.
Conclusions:
Estimates of intratester and intertester reliability were high, but adequate practice trials should be performed before taking baseline measures.
