Comparison of programs for determining temporal-spatial gait variables from instrumented walkway data: PKmas versus GAITRite

BMC Research Notes

Jorunn L Helbostad¹  Pernille Thingstad²  Thorlene Egerton² 

[1] Department of Clinical Services, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

关键词: Aging;    Reliability;    PKMAS;    GAITRite;    Gait;   

Others  :  1130421
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-542

 received in 2013-11-21, accepted in 2014-08-13,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Measurement of temporal-spatial gait variables is common in aging research with several methods available. This study investigated the differences in temporal-spatial gait outcomes derived from two different programs for processing instrumented walkway data.

Method

Data were collected with GAITRite® hardware from 86 healthy older people and 44 older people four months following surgical repair of hip fracture. Temporal-spatial variables were derived using both GAITRite® and PKMAS® processing programs from the same raw footfall data.

Results

The mean differences between the two programs for most variables were negligible, including for Speed (mean difference 0.3 ± 0.6 cm/sec, or 0.3% of the mean GAITRite® Speed). The mean absolute percentage difference for all 18 gait variables examined ranged from 0.04% for Stride Duration to 66% for Foot Angle. The ICCs were almost perfect (≥0.99) for all variables apart from Base Width, Foot Angle, Stride Length Variability, Step Length Variability, Step Duration Variability and Step Width Variability, which were all never-the-less above 0.84. There were systematic differences for Base Width (PKMAS® values 1.6 cm lower than GAITRite®) and Foot Angle (PKMAS® values 0.7° higher than GAITRite®). The differences can be explained by the differences in definitions and calculations between the programs.

Conclusions

The study demonstrated that for most variables the outcomes from both programs can be used interchangeably for evaluation of gait among older people collected with GAITRite® hardware. However, validity and reliability for Base Width and Foot Angle derived by PKMAS® would benefit from further investigation.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Egerton et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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