The minimal clinically important difference for the Gait Profile Score

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 612-615

  Baker, Richard ^a,b,c   McGinley, Jennifer L ^b,c   Schwartz, Mike ^d,e   Thomason, Pam ^f   Rodda, Jill ^f   Graham, H Kerr ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d GILLETTE CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait; Gait index; Gait Profile Score; Kinematics; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; GAIT PROFILE SCORE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MINIMALLY CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859216237     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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