Ecological validity of walking capacity tests following rehabilitation in people with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Walking capacity tests are commonly used to evaluate interventions aiming at reducing walking impairment in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). However, their ecological validity has recently been questioned. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ecological validity of the 2- and 6-minutes walking tests (2MWT and 6MWT) and the timed 25-foot walk (T25FW) after 28 days of multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation (MIR) in pwMS using accelerometry.

Methods

PwMS wore an accelerometer on 7 consecutive days within a 14-day period prior to MIR, performed 2/6MWT and T25FW at the beginning and at the end of MIR, followed by another 7 consecutive days of accelerometry.

Results

Significant improvements in 2/6MWT and T25FW after MIR in a cohort of 76

SUBMITTER: Ehling R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675072 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature