PMID- 22225850
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120815
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1879-2219 (Electronic)
IS  - 0966-6362 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 4
DP  - 2012 Apr
TI  - The minimal clinically important difference for the Gait Profile Score.
PG  - 612-5
LID - 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.008 [doi]
AB  - The minimally clinically important difference (MCID) is an important concept for 
      interpreting the results of clinical research. This paper proposes a rationale 
      for defining an MCID for the Gait Profile Score (GPS) based on an analysis of the 
      difference in median GPS for children classified at different levels of the 
      Functional Assessment Questionnaire. A strong linear correlation between median 
      score and FAQ level was found. An MCID of 1.6 degrees  is therefore suggested, reflecting 
      the mean difference between adjacent FAQ levels. Comparison of this value with 
      (i) the standard deviation of GPS from typically developing children (1.4 degrees ) and 
      (ii) the percentage of the difference between the median GPS for each FAQ level 
      and that for typically developing children offers further support to suggest that 
      1.6 degrees  is an appropriate figure.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Baker, Richard
AU  - Baker R
AD  - University of Salford, United Kingdom. r.j.baker@salford.ac.uk
FAU - McGinley, Jennifer L
AU  - McGinley JL
FAU - Schwartz, Mike
AU  - Schwartz M
FAU - Thomason, Pam
AU  - Thomason P
FAU - Rodda, Jill
AU  - Rodda J
FAU - Graham, H Kerr
AU  - Graham HK
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120104
PL  - England
TA  - Gait Posture
JT  - Gait & posture
JID - 9416830
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Biomechanical Phenomena
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Cerebral Palsy/*complications/diagnosis
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Gait/*physiology
MH  - Gait Disorders, Neurologic/*classification/etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Range of Motion, Articular/physiology
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Research Design
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2012/01/10 06:00
MHDA- 2012/08/16 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/10 06:00
PHST- 2011/10/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/11/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/12/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/08/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0966-6362(11)00808-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Gait Posture. 2012 Apr;35(4):612-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.008. Epub 
      2012 Jan 4.