Introduction: The clinical validity of the modified Star Excursion Balance test depends on the reliability of the test itself. The modified Star Excursion Balance Test is a dynamic balance test that requires appropriate strength, flexibility and proprioception. Although the dynamic balance assessment itself is extremely important for determining a person's condition, an overall assessment of individuals postural control is impossible without an associated assessment of the static balance, for which the One Leg Stance Test is often used. Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability of the Star Excursion Balance Test in healthy young adults, and to determine the correlation between this test and the One Leg Stance Test in this sample. Methods: The study included 30 healthy young adults (age 21.0
± 0.99 years). The subjects were tested twice within a period of two weeks. Each subject first performed the Star Excursion Balance Test and, after his successful completion, started with the One Leg Stance Test. Results: For all three directions, the intraclass correlation coefficient was measured, and it was found that the anterior direction had ICC = 0.92, while for posteromedial as well as posterolateral had ICC = 0.95, which means high reliability of the test. The total results show that in the first testing the Pearson correlation coefficient was r = 0.449 with p = 0.013, while in the second testing this result was r = 0.461 with p = 0.010. Considering that the correlation between the tests is statistically relevant for p <0.05, on the basis of the obtained results, it can be concluded that the results of the Star Excursion Balance Test positively correlated with the results of the One Leg Stance Test in healthy young adults. Discussion and conclusion: Based on the obtained results, we can conclude that the One Leg Stance Test correlates with the Star Excursion Balance Test.
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