Reliability of gait in multiple sclerosis over 6 months.

Autor: Sosnoff JJ; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA., Klaren RE; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA., Pilutti LA; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA., Dlugonski D; Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, USA., Motl RW; Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. Electronic address: robmotl@illinois.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Gait & posture [Gait Posture] 2015 Mar; Vol. 41 (3), pp. 860-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.02.006
Abstrakt: Gait impairment is ubiquitous in multiple sclerosis (MS) and is often characterized by alterations in spatiotemporal parameters of gait. There is limited information concerning reliability of spatiotemporal gait parameters over clinical timescales (e.g. 6 months). The current report provides novel evidence that gait parameters of 74 ambulatory persons with MS with mild-to-moderate disability are reliable over 6-months (ICC's for overall sample range from 0.56 to 0.91) in the absence of any intervention above and beyond standard care. Such data can inform clinical decision-making and power analyses for designing RCTs (i.e., sample size estimates) involving persons with MS.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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