OBJECTIVE: To determine the test-re-test reliability of the timed 10-metre walk test (10MWT) among adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) enrolled in inpatient rehabilitation. DESIGN: Prospective reliability study using a correlational design. SETTING: Inpatient rehabilitation unit of a rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-three consecutive adults with acute TBI, mean age = 35.87, SD = 14.2 years (range = 18-64 years). This study tested 22 males and one female, who were 15.6 (SD = 9.1) days in inpatient rehabilitation at time of gait testing. METHOD: Repeated, timed 10-metre gait test within a 1-hour testing period with six trials at self-selected pace (SSP) and six trials at fastest pace (FP), recorded to the nearest 1/10 second with a hand-held stopwatch. RESULT: Gait speed measurements for SSP and FP were shown to have excellent test-re-test reliability (Intra Class Correlation coefficient = 0.964 and 0.961, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: These results add to the literature that the timed 10MWT is a reliable measure of gait velocity in adults with acute TBI for both FP and SSP.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the test-re-test reliability of the timed 10-metre walk test (10MWT) among adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) enrolled in inpatient rehabilitation. DESIGN: Prospective reliability study using a correlational design. SETTING: Inpatient rehabilitation unit of a rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-three consecutive adults with acute TBI, mean age = 35.87, SD = 14.2 years (range = 18-64 years). This study tested 22 males and one female, who were 15.6 (SD = 9.1) days in inpatient rehabilitation at time of gait testing. METHOD: Repeated, timed 10-metre gait test within a 1-hour testing period with six trials at self-selected pace (SSP) and six trials at fastest pace (FP), recorded to the nearest 1/10 second with a hand-held stopwatch. RESULT: Gait speed measurements for SSP and FP were shown to have excellent test-re-test reliability (Intra Class Correlation coefficient = 0.964 and 0.961, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: These results add to the literature that the timed 10MWT is a reliable measure of gait velocity in adults with acute TBI for both FP and SSP.
Authors: Veronica Vuong; Kara K Patterson; Lauren Patricia Cole; Tara Lynn Henechowicz; Conor Sheridan; Robin E A Green; Michael H Thaut Journal: Front Rehabil Sci Date: 2021-11-26