TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Reference group data for the functional gait assessment
JO  - Physical therapy
A1  - Walker, M. L.
A1  - Austin, Alvis G.
A1  - Banke, Gina M.
A1  - Foxx, Suzanne R.
A1  - Gaetano, Lynn
A1  - Gardner, Laurie A.
A1  - McElhiney, Jill
A1  - Morris, Kelly
A1  - Penn, L.
SP  - 1468
EP  - 1477
VL  - 87
IS  - 11
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-9023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20060344
ID  - ref1
ER  -