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Before making interpretations on the effects of interventions or on the features
of pathological gait patterns during stair ambulation, the day-to-day consistency
of the investigated variables must be established. In this article, the
day-to-day consistency was determined for kinematic variables during barefoot
stair ambulation. Ten healthy athletes performed two gait analysis sessions, at
least one week apart, utilizing a marker set of 47 skin markers, and a functional
joint center/axes determination. Being found on limits of agreement and mean
differences between the repeated stair ambulation sessions, totally 43 ranges of
motions were examined at the hip, knee, ankle, and midfoot joints. The day-to-day
consistency was generally in the magnitude of three degrees, irrespective of test
condition, investigated joint, or regarded cardinal body plane. The reported
values of the day-to-day consistency provide guidelines to distinguish between
pathological and healthy gait patterns, and thresholds to determine minimal
effects of interventions during stair ambulation.
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