Test-retest reliability of an instrumented electronic walkway system (GAITRite) for the measurement of spatio-temporal gait parameters in young patients with Friedreich’s ataxia

Bastien Roche, Anne-Laure Simon, Sophie Guilmin-Crépon, Priscilla Boizeau, Béatrice Andriss, Corinne Alberti, Ana Presedo, Brice Ilharreborde, Isabelle Husson, Gait & Posture, 2018, doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.08.017.

The GAITRite system allows feasible and reliable measurements of gait parameters in young patients with FRDA. Lower reliability found for the weakest parameters was attributed to the software automatic errors and the ankle laxity noted in every patient.

 Test-retest reliability of an instrumented electronic walkway system (GAITRite) for the measurement of spatio-temporal gait parameters in young patients with Friedreich’s ataxia