Correlations of the Gait Profile Score and the Movement Analysis Profile relative to clinical judgments

S Beynon; JL McGinley; F Dobson; R Baker

Journal article

Correlations of the Gait Profile Score and the Movement Analysis Profile relative to clinical judgments

S Beynon, JL McGinley, F Dobson, R Baker

Gait and Posture | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.010

Abstract

The Gait Profile Score (GPS) is a single index measure that summarises the overall deviation of kinematic gait data relative to normative data. The GPS can be decomposed to provide Gait Variable Scores (GVS) of nine key component kinematic gait variables, which are presented as a Movement Analysis Profile (MAP). The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of the GPS and MAP relative to clinician judgments.Kinematic data were selected from 60 children and inspected by 17 experienced clinicians. The degree of abnormality of the overall unilateral gait pattern and the nine kinematic variables was rated according to a 0-10 point scale.Strong, significant, positive correlations were..

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Jennifer McGinley Author

Fiona Dobson Author

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We wish to acknowledge the contribution made by the clinicians who participated in this study, who did so without remuneration of any kind. The authors also acknowledge funding support from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Gait Analysis and Gait Rehabilitation Grant No 264597].