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Reliability of instrumented movement analysis as outcome measure in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: Results from a multitask locomotor protocol

Journal

GAIT & POSTURE
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 36-43

Publisher

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.007

Keywords

Gait analysis; Reliability; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; Outcome measures; Toe walking; Heel walking; Step ascending/descending

Funding

  1. Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Finalizzata) [RF - FCG - 2007-666049]
  2. Comitato Telethon Fondazione Onlus [GUP10010]

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Some neurodegenerative diseases at early stage may not drastically affect basic gait ability, whereas more demanding locomotor tasks are more prone to disease-induced abnormalities. In this study, we evaluated the interday test-retest reliability, 4-6 weeks apart, of instrumented movement analysis on a group of 20 subjects with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease considering a set of kinematic and kinetic curves and related parameters obtained during natural walking (NW) and faster walking, heel and toe-walking, step ascending and descending. Results showed that the reliability was good for NW, with the exception of trunk curves, pelvic tilt and EMG profiles (moderate reliability), and trunk ROM in sagittal/transverse plane (poor reliability). Comparing our results with literature, CMT patients did not present a greater variability during NW than healthy subjects or patients with diseases of CNS. Additional locomotor tasks showed a slight reduction of reliability, although the moderate-to-good level shown in NW was almost never reduced to poor. Most of SEM values (absolute measurement errors) were smaller than 5, a clinically acceptable threshold. In particular THS, an ankle joint related parameter computed across heel and toe-walking tasks, showed an optimal reliability (ICC = 0.95, SEM = 2.7) and correlation with CMT clinical scores. Toe and heel-walking and step ascending tasks maximised the number of parameters with a moderate-to-good correlation with patients' clinical status. We concluded that, in addition to natural walking, more challenging locomotor tasks are good candidates to provide reliable and sensitive outcome measures for CMT patients. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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