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OBJECTIVE: To assess the intra-/interrater reliability and the validity of the
free web-based Shaw Gait Assessment Tool (with visual and numerical output) for
assessing speed, cadence, step length, and limb advance time in people with
hemiplegic gait. DESIGN: Intra-/interrater reliability and concurrent validity
with 2 raters using the Shaw Gait Assessment Tool and 1 rater using a multimemory
stopwatch. SETTING: Busy outpatient rehabilitation gym at a tertiary care medical
center. PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of adults with hemiplegic gait after
cerebrovascular accident or traumatic brain injury. INTERVENTIONS: Not
applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients. RESULTS: ICCs for intrarater
reliability ranged from 0.94 (95% CI, 0.88-0.97) to 0.98 (95% CI, 0.96-0.99),
(P<.001), and for interrater reliability from 0.95 (95% CI, 0.88-0.98) to 0.99
(95% CI, 0.99-0.99), (P<.001). The Shaw Gait Assessment Tool correlated with the
stopwatch for all measured gait parameters with Pearson product-moment
correlation coefficients (range, r=0.95 to r= 0.99, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS: The
Shaw Gait Assessment Tool is a free, easy-to-use tool that gives reliable and
valid results for 4 temporospatial parameters of hemiplegic gait.
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