Assessing the Reliability and Validity of 4-meter and 10-meter Walking Test

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Assessing the Reliability and Validity of 4-meter and 10-meter Walking Test for Measurements of Gait Speed and Their Correlation With 5-repetition Sit-to-stand Test in Chronic Stroke Survivors

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The 4-meter walk test and 10-meter walk test is currently applied to assess gait speed.These tools are frequently used in clinical trials and were also shown to be reliable measurement methods. There are ocassions where it is not possible to have a long corridor to measure gait speed. It is necessary to have a tool to evaluate gait speed in a small space as 4-meter walk test.

Clinical Trial Description

Walking speed is an important aspect of gait and is commonly used as an objective measure of functional mobility in both clinical and research settings. The majority who have suffered a stroke tend to have gait disturbances. Regaining locomotor ability is one of the primary goals in stroke rehabilitation, and it is most commonly measured using changes in self-selected walking speed. Although many of them can walk independently, they do not do so with enough speed and endurance to allow them to perform their activities of daily living prior to stroke. Not only is self-selected walking speed simple, cost effective, reliable, valid, sensitive, and specific, but it is also highly related to the severity of impairment and predicts functional walking status. It is recommended as a "vital sign" of health. Improvements in walking speed of 0.1 m/s or more have been shown to be a predictor of good health. However, decreased walking speed has been related to worse health outcomes and frailty in older people.

The 4-meter walk test (4 MWT) and 10-meter walk test (10 MWT) is currently applied using various timing protocols and distance covered that may affect data interpretation with a standard value, and comparisons among the studies. There are two protocols to measure walking speed, static and flying start. A static start (i.e., record the time used to cover a total walkway or from the start to stop walking) or a flying start (i.e., measured the time while walking in the middle of the walkway).

The aim of this study is to investigate the test-retest reliability of the 4 MWT and 10 MWT and their correlation with 5-repetition sit-to-stand in chronic stroke survivors. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Infarction
• Cerebrovascular Disorders
• Gait Disorders, Neurologic
• Gait, Hemiplegic
• Infarction
• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT04919772
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 1, 2021
• Completion date: December 30, 2021