title: Examination of the functional mobility assessment tool for children and adolescents with lower extremity amputations.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the validity of the Functional Mobility Assessment (FMA) for children and adolescents with lower extremity amputations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five subjects (mean age = 12.36 ± 1.42 years) with lower extremity amputations and 12 subjects (mean age = 10.25 ± 1.42 years) with typical development were examined using the FMA, which includes the Timed Up and Go, Timed Up and Down Stairs, 9-minute walk/run, heart rate, and Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion. A subjective interview was also performed including questions related to pain, walking satisfaction, and participation in and challenges with various physical activities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences were identified between the control and amputation groups in FMA score and 3 individual items (P < .05). However, no differences were identified between groups for other items on the FMA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Discriminant validity of the FMA as a whole is supported. However, reevaluation of the items within the FMA is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Division of Physical Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia 22601, USA. pierce.sarah@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fergus
authors.forename: Brooks
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolff-Burke
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D009043:Motor Activity; D005082:Physical Exertion; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult