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Martha L Walker,Alvis G Austin,Gina M Banke,Suzanne R Foxx,Lynn Gaetano,Laurie A Gardner,Jill McElhiney,Kisiah Morris,Liz Penn,Martha L Walker,Alvis G Austin,Gina M Banke,Suzanne R Foxx,Lynn Gaetano,Laurie A Gardner,Jill McElhiney,Kisiah Morris,Liz Penn,

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) is a clinical tool for evaluating performance in walking. The purpose of this study was to determine age-referenced norms for performance on the FGA in community-living older adults. SUBJECTS: Subjects were 200 adults, ages 40 to 89 years, living independently. METHODS: Each subject completed the FGA one time and was scored simultaneously by 2 testers. RESULTS: The intraclass correlation coefficient for interrater reliability was .93. Mean scores for the FGA ranged from 29/30 for adults in their 40s to 21/30 for adults in their 80s. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Patient performance on the FGA can be compared with age-referenced norms for expected performance. Further research is needed to determine the FGA's usefulness in tracking clinical changes or predicting falls. The FGA is a reliable test for people without disease, and it is able to detect decreases in gait performance among typical older adults.

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ML Walker,AG Austin,GM Banke,SR Foxx,L Gaetano,LA Gardner,J McElhiney,K Morris,L Penn,ML Walker,AG Austin,GM Banke,SR Foxx,L Gaetano,LA Gardner,J McElhiney,K Morris,L Penn,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Physical therapy

VOLUME: 87

Page Numbers: 1468-77

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ISSN: 0031-9023

DAY: 4

MONTH: 09

YEAR: 2007

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AFFILIATION: School of Physical Therapy, Health Sciences Building, Room 3118, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA. mlwalker@odu.edu

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