Reliability and clinical feasibility of measuring dual-task gait in the inpatient rehabilitation setting following traumatic brain injury.
Background: To prepare patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) for discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, physical therapists may incorporate dual-task gait activities. Reliability of common dual-task measures for people with TBI in inpatient rehabilitation is undetermined. Our purpose was to a...
| Published in: | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice Vol. 35; no. 12; pp. 1336 - 1343 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=140855512&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 140855512 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09593985 BCJ jtl: Physiotherapy Theory & Practice issn: 09593985 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2019 vid: 35 iid: 12 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 140855512 140855512 140855512 10.1080/09593985.2018.1474305 140855512 ppf: 1336 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Reliability and clinical feasibility of measuring dual-task gait in the inpatient rehabilitation setting following traumatic brain injury. aug: au: Rachal, Lauren Swank, Chad Trudelle-Jackson, Elaine Driver, Simon affil: Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX, USA sug: subj: Instrument Validation Brain Injuries Rehabilitation Task Performance and Analysis Evaluation Gait Analysis Clinical Assessment Tools Interrater Reliability Evaluation Intrarater Reliability Evaluation Human Funding Source Physical Therapists Validation Studies Videorecording Inpatients Surveys Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Brain Injuries Diagnosis Consent Scales Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over ab: Background: To prepare patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) for discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, physical therapists may incorporate dual-task gait activities. Reliability of common dual-task measures for people with TBI in inpatient rehabilitation is undetermined. Our purpose was to assess inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and clinical feasibility of dual-task measures [Walking While Talking Test (WWTT), Modified Walking and Remembering Task (mWART), Timed Up and Go-cognitive (TUG-COG)] in inpatient rehabilitation for patients with TBI. Methods: A total of 22 individuals with TBI completing the dual-task measures (WWTT, Walking and Remembering Task (WART), and TUG-COG) in inpatient rehabilitation were rated concurrently by two physical therapists in a single testing session. Sessions were video recorded and rated by the same raters viewing the video 7–10 days later. Raters completed a survey assessing feasibility of conducting the dual-task measures in patients with TBI in inpatient rehabilitation. Data were analyzed by calculating ICC(2,1) for inter-rater reliability and ICC(3,1) for intra-rater reliability. Results: All dual-task measures (WWTT, mWART, TUG-COG) had excellent inter-rater and intra-rater reliability. Raters considered dual-task measures feasible for patients with TBI during inpatient rehabilitation. Conclusions: The WWTT, mWART, and TUG-COG have excellent reliability and appear clinically feasible for incorporation into clinical practice in inpatient rehabilitation following TBI. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Unknown language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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