Walking speed and patient‐reported outcomes in young adults with cerebral palsy

Autor: Matthew MacCarthy, Patricia Heyn, Alex Tagawa, James Carollo
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 64:1281-1288
ISSN: 1469-8749
0012-1622
Popis: To examine the relationship between quantitative gait measurements and self-reported physical, psychological, cognitive, and social function status in young adults with cerebral palsy (CP).Seventy-two adults with CP (range 18-48y; median age 23y [interquartile range 21-27y]; 34 males, 38 females), in Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I to IV, who previously underwent an instrumented gait analysis (IGA) at our center as children were recruited. Participants underwent a repeated IGA. National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Information System (PROMIS) instruments including the PROMIS-57, Applied Cognition - General Concerns (Short Form), and Applied Cognition - Executive Function (Short Form) were administered. Data derived from current and prior IGA were compared via non-parametric correlation analysis with PROMIS subscores.Subscores for anxiety, depression, sleep, and fatigue did not significantly correlate with any IGA data. Walking speed, adjusted for stature, correlated strongly with multiple subscores: physical function (p0.001, rThis study underscores the importance of walking speed and its association with a variety of functional domains in adults with CP.Patient-Reported Outcomes Information System measures provide useful clinical data in young adults with cerebral palsy. Temporospatial gait parameters have wide-reaching functional influence in this population. Walking speed is strongly correlated with physical, social, and executive function.
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