title: Reproducibility of the ABILOCO questionnaire and comparison between self-reported and observed locomotion ability in adult patients with stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the reproducibility of the ABILOCO questionnaire. To validate the patient self-reporting method and the third-party assessment of the stroke patients' locomotion ability by a treating physical therapist.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult stroke patients (N=28; 59+/-13y). The time since stroke ranged from 3 to 253 weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ABILOCO questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of patient self-assessment and the results of the third-party assessments by the physiotherapists at a 2-week interval were highly correlated (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.77 and ICC=.89, respectively). The results of the patient self-assessment and the third-party assessment by the physical therapist were both well correlated to assessment by an independent medical examiner who observed the patient during the 13 ABILOCO activities (ICC=.69 and ICC=.87, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of ABILOCO as a self-reporting questionnaire is a valid and reproducible method for assessing locomotion ability in patients with stroke in daily clinical practice and research.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gilles D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Caty
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Theunissen
authors.forename: Thierry M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Lejeune
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires