Reliability of gait performance tests in men and women with hemiparesis after stroke
Reliability of gait performance tests in men and women with hemiparesis after stroke
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DOI:
10.1080/16501970410017215
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发表时间:
2005-03-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Lexell, J
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作者:
Flansbjer, UB;Holmbäck, AM;Lexell, J
Objective: To assess the reliability of 6 gait performance tests in individuals with chronic mild to moderate post-stroke hemiparesis.Design: An intra-rater (between occasions) test-retest reliability study.Subjects: Fifty men and women (mean age 58 +/- 6.4 years) 6-46 months post-stroke.Methods: The Timed "Up & Go" test, the Comfortable and the Fast Gait Speed tests, the Stair Climbing ascend and descend tests and the 6-Minute Walk test were assessed 7 days apart. Reliability was evaluated with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1), the Bland & Altman analysis, the standard error of measurement (SEM and SEM%) and the smallest real difference (SRD and SRD%).Results: Test-retest agreements were high (ICC2,1 0.94-0.99) with no discernible systematic differences between the tests. The standard error of measurement (SEM%), representing the smallest change that indicates a real (clinical) improvement for a group of individuals, was small (