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The opportunity for wounded servicemembers (SMs) to return to high-level activity
and return to duty has improved with advances in surgery, rehabilitation, and
prosthetic technology. As a result, there is now a need for a high-level mobility
outcome measure to assess progress toward high-level mobility during and after
rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to develop and determine the
reliability of a new outcome measure called the Comprehensive High-Level Activity
Mobility Predictor (CHAMP). The CHAMP consists of the Single Limb Stance, Edgren
Side Step Test, T-Test, and Illinois Agility Test. CHAMP reliability was
determined for SMs with lower-limb loss (LLL) (interrater: n = 118; test-retest:
n = 111) and without LLL ( n = 97). A linear system was developed to combine the
CHAMP items and produce a composite score that ranges from 0 to 40, with higher
scores indicating better performance. Interrater and test-retest intraclass
correlation coefficient values for the CHAMP were 1.0 and 0.97, respectively. A
CHAMP score equal to or greater than 33 points is within the range for SMs
without LLL. The CHAMP was found to be a safe and reliable measure of high-level
mobility in SMs with traumatic LLL.

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