Toro, B, Nester, CJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1688-320X and Farren, PC
2007,
'Inter- and intraobserver repeatability of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation based clinical gait assessment tool'
, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88 (3)
, pp. 328-332.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the inter- and intraobserver repeatability of the Salford Gait Tool (SF-GT), a new observation-based gait assessment tool for evaluating sagittal plane cerebral palsy (CP) gait. DESIGN: Masked comparative evaluation. SETTING: University in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience sample of 23 pediatric physical therapists with varying degrees of clinical experience recruited from the Greater Manchester area. INTERVENTION: Participants viewed videotapes of the sagittal plane gait of 13 children and used the SF-GT to analyze their 13 different gait styles on 2 occasions. Eleven children had hemiplegic, diplegic, or quadriplegic CP and 2 were neurologically intact. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Inter- and intraobserver repeatability of hip, knee, and ankle joint positions at 6 different phases of the gait cycle. RESULTS: The SF-GT demonstrated good interobserver (77%) and intraobserver (75%) repeatability. CONCLUSIONS: We have established that the SF-GT is a repeatable clinical assessment tool with which to guide the diagnosis, treatment planning, and evaluation of interventions by pediatric physical therapists of sagittal plane gait deviations in CP.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > R Medicine (General) Health and Wellbeing |
Schools: | Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Health Sciences Research |
Journal or Publication Title: | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISSN: | 00039993 |
Depositing User: | H Kenna |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2007 08:02 |
Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 21:59 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/200 |
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