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Reference group data for the functional gait assessment
Martha L Walker1, Alvis G Austin, Gina M Banke
1School of Physical Therapy, Health Sciences Building, Room 3118, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA. mlwalker@odu.edu
Background And Purpose:
The Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) is a clinical tool for evaluating performance in walking. The purpose of this study was to determine age-referenced norms for performance on the FGA in community-living older adults.
Subjects:
Subjects were 200 adults, ages 40 to 89 years, living independently.
Methods:
Each subject completed the FGA one time and was scored simultaneously by 2 testers.
Results:
The intraclass correlation coefficient for interrater reliability was .93. Mean scores for the FGA ranged from 29/30 for adults in their 40s to 21/30 for adults in their 80s.
Discussion And Conclusion:
Patient performance on the FGA can be compared with age-referenced norms for expected performance. Further research is needed to determine the FGA's usefulness in tracking clinical changes or predicting falls. The FGA is a reliable test for people without disease, and it is able to detect decreases in gait performance among typical older adults.
