Reliability and concurrent validity of standardized walking obstacle course test in people with stroke

To investigate: (i) the intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of completion times and step counts on the Standardized Walking Obstacle Course test (SWOC); (ii) correlations between SWOC scores and stroke-specific impairments; (iii) the cut-off SWOC completion times and step counts f...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of rehabilitation medicine 2017-11, Vol.49 (9), p.705-714
Main Authors: Ng, Shamay S M, Chan, Sunny C L, Chan, Alexis K Y, Chung, Hephzibah H Y, Lee, Navis K W, Ngan, Anson T S, Tse, Mimi M Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Completion
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disability Evaluation
Female
Humans
Lower limbs
Male
Middle Aged
Middle school students
Negotiation
Older people
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Stroke
Stroke - therapy
Stroke Rehabilitation - methods
Survivor
Time management
Walking
Walking - physiology
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:To investigate: (i) the intra-rater, inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities of completion times and step counts on the Standardized Walking Obstacle Course test (SWOC); (ii) correlations between SWOC scores and stroke-specific impairments; (iii) the cut-off SWOC completion times and step counts for distinguishing differences in obstacle negotiation ability in people with chronic stroke and healthy older adults. Cross-sectional study. University-based rehabilitation centre. Twenty-nine people with stroke and 30 healthy older adults. SWOC completion times and step counts were measured under 3 conditions: (i) normal walking; (ii) walking with a tray; and (iii) walking with dark-glasses. The Fugl-Meyer Assessment of lower extremity, the Five-Times-Sit-to-Stand Test, the Berg Balance Scale, the Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), and the Community Integration Measure questionnaire, were also administered. SWOC completion times and step counts showed very satisfactory to excellent reliabilities (intraclass correlation coefficient; ICC = 0.851-0.993). TUG times correlated significantly with SWOC completion times and step counts under the 3 conditions (r = 0.586-0.815, p 
ISSN:1650-1977
1651-2081
DOI:10.2340/16501977-2265