PMID- 36444219
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221130
LR  - 20221202
IS  - 2314-6141 (Electronic)
IS  - 2314-6133 (Print)
VI  - 2022
DP  - 2022
TI  - Psychometric Evaluation of the Narrow Corridor Walk Test (NCWT) on Advanced 
      Walking Balance in People with Stroke.
PG  - 1436715
LID - 10.1155/2022/1436715 [doi]
LID - 1436715
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To investigate (i) the interrater and test-retest reliabilities of 
      completion time and number of steps in the Narrow Corridor Walking Test (NCWT); 
      (ii) the minimal detectable changes (MDCs) in NCWT results; (iii) the 
      correlations between NCWT results and stroke-specific outcome measures; and (iv) 
      the optimal cut-off values of NCWT results for discriminating the difference in 
      advanced balance ability between people with stroke and healthy older adults. 
      DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SUBJECTS: Thirty people with stroke and 30 healthy older 
      adults. METHODS: People with stroke completed the NCWT on two separate days with 
      a 7- to 10-day interval. The Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), ankle dorsiflexor and 
      plantarflexor muscle strength, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go (TUG) 
      test, and the Chinese version of the Community Integration Measure (CIM) were 
      used to assess. The healthy older adults completed the NCWT once. RESULTS: The 
      NCWT completion time and NCWT steps showed excellent interrater reliability and 
      test-retest reliability and significant correlations with FMA, affected ankle 
      dorsiflexor muscle strength, BBS score, and TUG completion time. A cut-off value 
      of 7.40 s for NCWT completion time and 13.33 for the NCWT steps distinguished 
      people with stroke from healthy older adults. The MDCs of the NCWT completion 
      time and NCWT steps were 6.87 s and 5.50, respectively. CONCLUSION: The NCWT is a 
      reliable clinical measurement tool for the assessment of advanced balance ability 
      in people with stroke.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Longjun Ren et al.
FAU - Ren, Longjun
AU  - Ren L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2290-1497
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 
      Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Liu, Tai Wa
AU  - Liu TW
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7860-8089
AD  - School of Nursing & Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Kowloon, 
      Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Ng, Shamay S M
AU  - Ng SSM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1660-0548
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 
      Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
AD  - Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic 
      University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221119
PL  - United States
TA  - Biomed Res Int
JT  - BioMed research international
JID - 101600173
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Aged
MH  - Walk Test
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Stroke
MH  - Walking
PMC - PMC9701127
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/11/30 06:00
MHDA- 2022/12/01 06:00
PMCR- 2022/11/19
CRDT- 2022/11/29 01:45
PHST- 2022/08/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/10/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/10/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/11/29 01:45 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/11/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/12/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2022/1436715 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Biomed Res Int. 2022 Nov 19;2022:1436715. doi: 10.1155/2022/1436715. eCollection 
      2022.