Validity and reproducibility of the Functional Gait Assessment in persons after stroke.

CONCLUSION: The FGA demonstrated good measurement properties in persons after stroke and yielded no ceiling effect in contrast to other capacity measures. In clinical practice, a measurement error of 6 points should be taken into account in interpreting changes in walking balance.
PMID: 30084264 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - August 7, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Van Bloemendaal M, Bout W, Bus SA, Nollet F, Geurts AC, Beelen A Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research