Edinburgh visual gait score for use in cerebral palsy.
Complex gait analysis systems are not generally available worldwide, and no simple system of assessing gait by observation has been validated specifically for use in patients with cerebral palsy. The authors have developed a visual gait analysis score for use in cerebral palsy. Videotaped sequences of patients were recorded before and after surgery as part of a three-dimensional gait study using a Vicon (Oxford, U.K.) gait analysis system. The score demonstrated good intraobserver and interobserver reliability. The numeric values of the score elements correlated well with the measurements obtained from instrumented gait analysis for the same patients, and the score was able to detect postoperative change.
Anderson Gait Analysis Laboratory, Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Edinburgh EH10 7ED, Scotland, UK.
Heather S
HS
Read
M Elizabeth
ME
Hazlewood
Susan J
SJ
Hillman
Robin J
RJ
Prescott
James E
JE
Robb
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005684:Gait; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D015588:Observer Variation; D016896:Treatment Outcome