Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/994
Title: Observational gait analysis in traumatic brain injury: accuracy of clinical judgment.
Epworth Authors: Williams, Gavin
Other Authors: Morris, Meg
McCrory, Paul
Schache, Anthony
Keywords: Brain Injuries
Traumatic Brain Injury
TBI
Gait Analysis
Physiopathology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Observational Gait Analysis
Instrumented Gait Analysis
Quantitative Gait Analysis
Gait Disorders
Gait Abnormalities
Gait Deviations
Video Recording
Gait
Validity
Motion analysis
Physiotherapists
Observer Variation
Observer Reliablity
Kinematic and Ground Reaction Force Data
Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Chronic Pain Clinical Institute, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia
Physiotherapy Department, Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia.
Issue Date: Apr-2009
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Gait Posture. 2009 Apr;29(3):454-9.
Abstract: Objective: To determine the accuracy of clinicians’ visual observations of gait disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: 30 ambulant participants (sample of convenience) receiving physiotherapy for mobility limitations following TBI and 25 age, height, weight and sex matched healthy unimpaired controls (HC) were recruited. Kinematic and ground reaction force data during gait were captured and video recordings were concurrently collected. Participants with TBI walked at self-selected speed whilst HCs walked at preferred speed as well as the mean TBI speed for comparison. 40 doctors, experienced physiotherapists, new graduate physiotherapists and novices were observers. Each viewed and rated 36 gait variables for a randomized sub-sample of 10 participants with TBI. Observer inaccuracy was calculated for each gait variable. Results Overall the accuracy of observational gait analysis was low and there was considerable variability in observations between clinicians. For most kinematic variables, observer inaccuracy ranged from 30% to 50%. Although experienced observers were generally more accurate, average inter-item correlations were low, indicating that experience did not consistently improve the accuracy of visual observations. Observational plane, gait variable type, the joint or the segment had little effect on accuracy of observations. Conclusions: Observational gait analysis for adults with TBI has relatively low accuracy. Some of the gait abnormalities evident from quantitative gait analysis were not detected by observational gait analysis.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11434/994
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.11.005
PubMed URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19109020
ISSN: 0966-6362
1879-2219
Journal Title: Gait Posture
Type: Journal Article
Affiliated Organisations: Centre for Health Exercise and Sports Medicine, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Australia
School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Australia
School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: Cohort Study
Appears in Collections:Neurosciences
Rehabilitation

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