10 meter walk test

scoring

total time to ambulate 6 meters to the nearest hundredth of a second. 6 meters is divided by the total time in seconds

equipment

stopwatch, clear path of 10 m inlength

time needed

5 min

setup

need 10 m of clear floor and mark start and end. add a mark at 2m and 8m

administration

have them start at 0 adn walk at comfy pace and stop when you reach the far mark, then start at 0 and walk fast. 2 trials should be done for each

what NOT to do

dont pace them so no walking next to them or talking too much

can they use use AD and bracing?

yes, just document it

how many levels of physical assistance could be noted if needed?

7

do 1-7 scale for assistance

1-total assistance

2-max

3-mod

4-min

5-supervision

6-modifient independent (brace/extra time/AD)

7-independent

timing

time is started when any part of foot crosses 2m mark and ended at 8

if somone needs TOTAl assistance when score

0

what are the cutoff scores

same as normal gait interpretation

what is m/s for increased risk of adverse effects

less than 0.7m/s