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Pomeroy, V. M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-823X, Chambers, S. H., Giakas, G. and Bland, M.
(2004)
Reliability of measurement of tempo-spatial parameters of gait after stroke using GaitMat II.
Clinical Rehabilitation, 18 (2).
pp. 222-227.
Abstract
Objective: (1) To find the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of raters using GaitMat II to measure tempo-spatial gait parameters of stroke patients. (2) To find if reliability is related to abnormality of footprint patterns. Design: A prospective agreement study. Setting: A movement analysis laboratory. Subjects: Nineteen adults who were at least six months after stroke and able to walk 4 metres with or without assistance participated as subjects in this study. There were five raters. Methods: Subjects completed at least two walks along GaitMat II. The raw footprint data were analysed independently by each of the five raters. Results: Mean intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for each rater within subject ranged from 0.8398 to 0.9318. However eight of the 17 parameters tested showed significant differences between raters (p = 0.0029 to p<0.0001). When the most inexperienced rater was excluded, differences between experienced raters (n = 4) was found to be statistically insignificant for all parameters. The association of the mean score and standard deviation of experienced raters was significant for nine parameters (r values 0.5087 to0.9459), i.e., as walking pattern became more abnormal, variation in scoring between raters increased. Conclusions: GaitMat II may have acceptable inter-rater reliability if raters have experience of gait analysis but disagreement may increase when stroke patients exhibit more abnormal gait patterns.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Allied Health Professions (former - to 2013) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Rehabilitation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2010 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 00:58 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/13460 |
| DOI: | 10.1191/0269215504cr725oa |
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