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Concurrent Validity of the Functional Gait Assessment, Berg Balance Scale, and Timed Up and Go Test in Patients With Stroke  

Won, Jong-Im (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Alternative Medicine, Jeonju University)
Kim, Ki-Song (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Gang-nam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University)
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Physical Therapy Korea / v.18, no.2, 2011 , pp. 43-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
Balance is a complex motor skill that depends on interactions between multiple sensorimotor processes and environmental and functional contexts. Many rehabilitation specialists believe that balance assessment under multitask conditions may be a more sensitive indicator of balance problems and falls than balance assessment in a single-task context. Functional Gait Assessment has many tasks that allow for testing under multitask conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the concurrent validity between the Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Timed "Up & Go" Test (TUG) in patients with stroke. One hundred and five participants with at least 3 months post stroke and able to walk at least 6 m with or without a mono cane, participated in this study. Concurrent validity between the FGA, BBS, and TUG was assessed using Spearman rank order correlation. The FGA correlated with the BBS (r=.80, p<.01) and TUG (r=-.77, p<.01). The good and moderate correlation between the FGA, BBS, and TUG establishes the concurrent validity of the FGA in patients with stroke. These measures provide clinicians with valuable information about patients' functional balance capabilities.
Keywords
Berg Balance Scale; Concurrent validity; Functional Gait Assessment; Timed "Up & Go" test;
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