title: Evaluation of intrarater and interrater reliability of the Wisconsin Gait Scale with using the video taped stroke patients in a Turkish sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the intrarater and interrater reliability of Wisconsin Gait Scale (WGS) in hemiplegic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Repeated-measures reliability study using video data of stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rehabilitation department of the university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen hemiplegic patients with 3-9 months stroke history and two physiatrists and two physical therapists.
  
  
  METHODS
  Video recordings were assessed twice, at an interval of 2 days, by the two physiatrists and two physical therapists.
  
  
  METHODS
  Wisconsin Gait Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency coefficients for the WGS were excellent; Cronbach scores were 0.91 and 0.94 for the first and third days. Coefficient of Repeatability (CR) for observers' WGS assessments were ranged between 4.23-5.76 and intraclass correlation coefficients for total WGS score were indicated very high interrater reliability at the begining and end, respectively 0.91 and 0.96. Intraclass correlation coefficients for fourteen items of WGS ranged from 0.81 to 1. "Hip hiking at mid-swing", "Circumduction at mid-swing" and "Hip extension of the affected leg" were the items with lowest correlation coefficients. Intrarater reliability for total WGS scores ranged from 0.75 to 0.90.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  WGS was found excellent in reliability and may provide an objective means to document the findings from observational gait analysis, which is frequently used in clinical practice by rehabilitation teams.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaliman
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kesiktas
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkaya
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eskiyurt
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D004856:Postural Balance; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D014421:Turkey; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Gait; Wisconsin Gait Scale; reliability; stroke