Article

Gait parameters of forward, backward, and sideways walk were studied when the
participants walked overground in four directions at their self-selected speed
and were compared with walking in the four directions on an instrumented GAITRite
walkway. Intraclass correlation coefficients between the overground walk test
measures and the instrumented walkway measures of gait speed, cadence, and stride
length for the forward walk were 0.85, 0.88, and 0.87, respectively. For the
backward walk, the coefficients were 0.91 for gait speed, 0.75 for cadence, and
0.93 for stride length. For the sideways walk, the coefficients were 0.92 for
gait speed, 0.93 for cadence, and 0.94 for stride length. Gait parameters of
forward, backward, and sideways walk obtained by the overground walk test had
excellent agreement with those obtained by the instrumented walkway. The quick
timed test provided quantitative data for gait evaluation and was valid for
clinical use.

Langue : ANGLAIS