Journal article
The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL): validation of a new assessment of gait function for children with cerebral palsy
P Thomason, A Tan, A Donnan, J Rodda, HK Graham, U Narayanan
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.13722
Abstract
Aim: We investigated the validity of the Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL), as an assessment of gait function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: We studied a prospective cohort of 105 children with CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System [GMFCS] levels I–III; 65 males, 40 females; mean [SD] age 11y 11mo [3y 5mo], range 6–20y), who attended gait assessment over a 10-month period. Parents completed the GOAL, Functional Mobility Scale (FMS), and Functional Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ) during their child's gait evaluation. Ninety children completed instrumented gait analysis (IGA). Total GOAL and domain scores, Gait Profile Score (GPS), and Gait Variable Scores were calcul..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Karen Sosa, Clarissa Encisa, and Mary Sheedy for their assistance. No external funding was received in support of this study. This paper was awarded The Gayle G Arnold Award for best free paper at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine in September 2016. The authors have stated that they had no interest that could be perceived as posing a conflict or bias.