Why this Activity Was chosen
- Quick
- Fun
- Gets really competitive
- Helps with Reaction Time
- Balance is utilized to strike and hold positions
Bess Test
Miya &Caitlin
Warm-up
Bess test; Balance Error Scoring System
- Run Two laps
- Lunges
- High Knees
- Bunny hops Forward (on toes)
- Bunny hops backward (on toes)
- Ski jumps
- Butt kickers
- Side lunges
Pics of the Poses
Activity One;
Chicken on a Hen House.
Bunk beds
sky divers
Cradle
To-Do
- You will have a partner.
- Small partner is the 'flyer' and the larger partner is the 'base'
- You will 'run' in different directions.
- A position will be called and you are to strike that pose.
- Last pair of partners to get to the pose is out.
- If there is a tie everyone is back in.
Peas in a pod
Air planes
(don't hold on)
chicken on a roof
Strike a pose
Bridge over water
- Explain what test is used for
- Materials Needed
- How to perform test
- Stances
- How to Administer the Test
- Scoring
- Norms
- Populations
- Pros
- Cons
- Warm up
- Do the Bess Test
- Explain Game
- Game
- Why it was chosen
- Cool down
- Sources
Population
Pros
Cons
- Time consuming when testing a lot of people
- Need a standard to compare data to from specific athlete/individual
- Balance declines with age performance begins to worsen after 50 yrs
- Tests neurological/ orthopedic injury
- usually a standard is set at the beginning of a season to compare results to later.
- Reliable
- Easy to set up/ Administer
- No training required
Percentile you are in based on all the mistakes you have made throughout the test
Norms
Sources
- http://www.rehabmeasures.org/Lists/RehabMeasures/DispForm.aspx?ID=1054
- http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/measure-balance-and-stability
- http://www.oandp.org/olc/lessons/html/SSC_10/section_17.asp?frmCourseSectionId=16A71D5B-C09D-48C3-8202-75574EF0DBEB
- http://knowconcussion.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/BESS.pdf
How to Perform it
Cool Down
Pictures of the Stances
- It consists of three stances on two different surfaces
- Double leg stance; the feet are flat on the testing surface approximately pelvic width apart
- Single Leg Stance Position, stand on the non-dominant leg with the contralateral limb held in approximately 20° of hip flexion, 45° of knee flexion and neutral position in the frontal plane.
- Tandem stance; One foot is placed in front of the other with heel of the anterior foot touching the tow of the posterior foot. The non-dominant leg is in the posterior position.
- Triceps Stretch over head
- Arms over chest
- Arms behind back
- Standing V stretches (R,L,&C)
- Standing Right leg over left leg
- Standing Left leg over Right leg
- Sitting V streaches (R,L,&C)
- Legs together toe reaching stretch
- Ab stretch
Errors/Scoring
The Bess Test
Admistering the Bess Test
- Each trial is 20 seconds.
- Errors/Deviations from proper stance are counted (explained on next slide)
- Counting of Errors only begins after the individual has assumed proper testing position.
- Additional notes; Eyes will be closed and shoes off.
- Sensory Organization Test
- Head injury/ concussion
- Evaluates stability (balance)
Note; Any thing over 10 errors will be counted as 10 so the over all test will be scored out of 60. The lower the score the better.
Materials Needed