The Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CB&M) is recommended for use with patients after a brain injury who are completely independent and mildly dependent, but there is not yet enough evidence to use this test with those who are moderately dependent or severely dependent. The CB&M is recommended for use in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient rehabilitation, and home health settings. This measure should be taught to students and is appropriate for use in research. Below are psychometrics for this measure:

• Construct Validity:

  • Adequate with self-paced gait velocity (r=0.53)

  • Excellent with maximal gait velocity (r=0.64)

  • Adequate with CIQ (r=0.54)

  • Excellent with ABC scores

• Intrarater Reliability: Excellent (I=0.977)

• MCID: Excellent (I=0.977)

• Mean Data:

  • Acute care: 30.39

  • Inpatient Rehabilitation: 53.59

  • Day hospital: 62.49

  • Outpatient: 41.69

• MDC: 7.5 , 13.5% for school-aged children and adolescents

• SEM: 3.2

• Test-retest: Varies from adequate to excellent depending on the item

  • Excellent in school-aged children and adolescents