title: Reliability of the timed 10-metre walk test during inpatient rehabilitation in ambulatory adults with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the test-re-test reliability of the timed 10-metre walk test (10MWT) among adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) enrolled in inpatient rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective reliability study using a correlational design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inpatient rehabilitation unit of a rehabilitation hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three consecutive adults with acute TBI, mean age = 35.87, SD = 14.2 years (range = 18-64 years). This study tested 22 males and one female, who were 15.6 (SD = 9.1) days in inpatient rehabilitation at time of gait testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Repeated, timed 10-metre gait test within a 1-hour testing period with six trials at self-selected pace (SSP) and six trials at fastest pace (FP), recorded to the nearest 1/10 second with a hand-held stopwatch.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gait speed measurements for SSP and FP were shown to have excellent test-re-test reliability (Intra Class Correlation coefficient = 0.964 and 0.961, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results add to the literature that the timed 10MWT is a reliable measure of gait velocity in adults with acute TBI for both FP and SSP.
authors.affiliation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation .
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: H James
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.forename: Flora
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016138:Walking
keywords: Gait; inpatient rehabilitation; reliability; timed 10-metre walk test; traumatic brain injury