Measuring gait and gait-related activities in Parkinson's patients own home environment: a reliability, responsiveness and feasibility study

The aim of this study was to assess reliability, responsiveness and feasibility of gait and gait related tests in the home of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, a timed walking test, the Timed Get Up and Go test the Berg Balance Scale and...

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Published in:Parkinsonism & related disorders 2005, Vol.11 (1), p.19-24
Main Authors: Lim, L.I.I.K., van Wegen, E.E.H., de Goede, C.J.T, Jones, D., Rochester, L., Hetherington, V., Nieuwboer, A., Willems, A.M., Kwakkel, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adult
Aged
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Environment
Europe
Feasibility Studies
Female
Gait
Gait - physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Outcome assessment
Parkinson disease
Parkinson Disease - psychology
Reproducibility of Results
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Summary:The aim of this study was to assess reliability, responsiveness and feasibility of gait and gait related tests in the home of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, a timed walking test, the Timed Get Up and Go test the Berg Balance Scale and the Functional Reach test were applied by three independent observers on 26 PD patients. Moderate to high Intraclass Correlation Coefficients were found, ranging from 0.74 to 0.88 and 0.64 to 0.87 for the intra- and inter-observer reliability, respectively. All test showed Reliable Change Indexes under 11% and the whole test battery was applicable within 30 min.
ISSN:1353-8020
1873-5126
DOI:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.06.003