The Life-Space Assessment Measure of Functional Mobility Has Utility in Community-Based Physical Therapist Practice in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Life-Space Assessment (LSA) has demonstrable validity and reliability among people sampled from nonclinical settings. Its properties in clinical settings, especially physical therapy services, are less well established.

Objective

The aim of this study was to test the construct/convergent validity, responsiveness, and floor/ceiling effects of the LSA among patients who had musculoskeletal, orthopedic, neurological, or general surgical presentations and were receiving individually tailored, community-based physical therapist interventions to address gait/balance impairments in an urban location in the United Kingdom.

Design

A prospective, repeated-measures, comparative cohort design was used.

Methods

Two hundred seventy-six community-dwelling, newl

SUBMITTER: McCrone A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6913228 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature