reliability of the FMS-RS indicated good reliability for all three distances (5 m ICC = 0.99, 50 m ICC = 0.98, 500 m ICC = 0.90). Test-retest reliability for the 2MWT showed good reliability both in the inter-trial comparison (ICC = 0.88-0.96) and inter-day comparison (ICC = 0.93). The SEM was 11.4 m and the MDD was 32 m.
Conclusion(s):The FMS-RS as a measure of walking performance showed good concurrent validity and test-retest reliability. The test-retest reliability of the 2MWT was good and the MDD was 32 m indicating that an observed difference using the 2MWT on the same person of at least this magnitude would be necessary to be 95% confident that the difference was greater than measurement error. These results as well as the clinical applicability of the FMS-RS and the 2MWT need to be confirmed in a larger sample.Implications:The results indicate that it is indeed possible to assess walking performance and functional capacity in a heterogeneous group of girls and women with multiple disabilities. In future intervention studies, the FMS-RS could assist the researchers to group the participants according to their ambulatory skills and the 2MWT could be used as an outcome measure.
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