Comparison of the SWAY Balance Mobile Application to the BESS Balance Assessment in Older Adults

Samantha D. Jansen, Ryan Z. Amick, Danielle C. Stern, & Jeremy A. Patterson, FACSM

2014

Balance assessment has commonly been subjective; however, advances in handheld mobile devices have provided objective balance measurement tools. Recently, the SWAY Balance Mobile Application, which utilizes tri-axial accelerometers to determine balance variations, was significantly correlated with the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) for young adults. Older adults have not been assessed.