Berg Balance Score

Sum fourteen Berg Balance Scale item scores on the 56-point scale.

Description

Berg Balance Scale arithmetic adds fourteen preassigned item scores on a 56-point scale.

Berg Balance Scale arithmetic adds fourteen preassigned item scores on a 56-point scale. It does not administer the assessment.^[1]

Sum fourteen Berg Balance Scale item scores on the 56-point scale.

When to use Berg Balance Score

Use this tool to sum fourteen Berg Balance Scale item scores on the 56-point scale.

Prepare the measured movement, timing, load or preassigned score requested. Keep protocols, units, paired measurements and caller-selected thresholds consistent.

How to use Berg Balance Score and understand its results

Prepare the measured movement, timing, load or preassigned score requested. Keep protocols, units, paired measurements and caller-selected thresholds consistent.
Enter itemScores using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read totalScore, maximumScore, percentMaximum. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
itemScores	Item scores	list of number	Required

Enter exactly fourteen safe integer scores 0–4. Return total, fixed maximum and percentage.

total=Σ14scores; percent=100total/56

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
totalScore	Total score	number
maximumScore	Maximum score	number
percentMaximum	Percent maximum	number

json

{
  "input": {
    "itemScores": [
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4,
      4
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "totalScore": 56,
    "maximumScore": 56,
    "percentMaximum": 100
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

No task scoring, fall-risk cutoff or clinical diagnosis is applied.

Numeric inputs must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Lists are limited to 100,000 entries; the rules above may require smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Mini Bestest Score: Sum fourteen Mini-BESTest item scores on the 28-point scale. For a complementary task, use Five Times Sit To Stand Screen: Compare five-times sit-to-stand time against an explicit clinical target.

References

Berg Balance Score — tool.io

Similar or alternative tools

Mini Bestest Score
Sum fourteen Mini-BESTest item scores on the 28-point scale.
Five Times Sit To Stand Screen
Compare five-times sit-to-stand time against an explicit clinical target.