Validation of the Narrowing Beam Walking Test in Lower Limb Prosthesis Users.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the content, construct, and discriminant validity of the Narrowing Beam Walking Test (NBWT), a performance-based balance test for lower limb prosthesis users.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Research laboratory and prosthetics clinic.

Participants

Unilateral transtibial and transfemoral prosthesis users (N=40).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Content validity was examined by quantifying the percentage of participants receiving maximum or minimum scores (ie, ceiling and floor effects). Convergent construct validity was examined using correlations between participants' NBWT scores and scores or times on existing clinical balance tests regularly administered to lower limb prosthesis users. Known-groups

SUBMITTER: Sawers A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064384 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature