@article{ref1,
title="Reference group data for the functional gait assessment",
journal="Physical therapy",
year="2007",
author="Walker, M. L. and Austin, Alvis G. and Banke, Gina M. and Foxx, Suzanne R. and Gaetano, Lynn and Gardner, Laurie A. and McElhiney, Jill and Morris, Kelly and Penn, L.",
volume="87",
number="11",
pages="1468-1477",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) is a clinical tool for evaluating performance in walking. The purpose of this study was to determine age-referenced norms for performance on the FGA in community-living older adults. SUBJECTS: Subjects were 200 adults, ages 40 to 89 years, living independently. METHODS: Each subject completed the FGA one time and was scored simultaneously by 2 testers. RESULTS: The intraclass correlation coefficient for interrater reliability was .93. Mean scores for the FGA ranged from 29/30 for adults in their 40s to 21/30 for adults in their 80s. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Patient performance on the FGA can be compared with age-referenced norms for expected performance. Further research is needed to determine the FGA's usefulness in tracking clinical changes or predicting falls. The FGA is a reliable test for people without disease, and it is able to detect decreases in gait performance among typical older adults.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-9023",
doi="10.2522/ptj.20060344",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20060344"
}