Reproducibility of the ABILOCO questionnaire and comparison between self-reported and observed locomotion ability in adult patients with stroke.
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.
Caty
Gilles D
GD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Theunissen
Emilie
E
Lejeune
Thierry M
TM
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