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'''Gait Abnormality Rating Scale''' (GARS)<ref name="pmid2295773">{{cite journal |author=Wolfson L, Whipple R, Amerman P, Tobin JN |title=Gait assessment in the elderly: a gait abnormality rating scale and its relation to falls |journal=J Gerontol |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=M12–9 |date=January 1990 |pmid=2295773 |doi= 10.1093/geronj/45.1.m12|url=}}</ref> is a videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of [[human gait]]. It has been evaluated as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for injury from falls.<ref name="pmid9823750">{{cite journal |author=VanSwearingen JM, Paschal KA, Bonino P, Chen TW |title=Assessing recurrent fall risk of community-dwelling, frail older veterans using specific tests of mobility and the physical performance test of function |journal=J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=M457–64 |date=November 1998 |pmid=9823750 |doi= |url=}}</ref> and has been used in remote gait evaluation.<ref name="pmid14728760">{{cite journal |author=Russell TG, Jull GA, Wootton R |title=The diagnostic reliability of Internet-based observational kinematic gait analysis |journal=J Telemed Telecare |volume=Suppl 2 |issue= Supplement 2|pages=S48–51 |series=9 |year=2003 |pmid=14728760 |doi=10.1258/135763303322596255 |url=}}</ref> A modified version was published in 1996.<ref name="pmid8790277">{{cite journal |author=VanSwearingen JM, Paschal KA, Bonino P, Yang JF |title=The modified Gait Abnormality Rating Scale for recognizing the risk of recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly adults |journal=Phys Ther |volume=76 |issue=9 |pages=994–1002 |date=September 1996 |pmid=8790277 |doi= |url=http://www.ptjournal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8790277}}</ref>
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'''Gait Abnormality Rating Scale''' ('''GARS''')<ref name="pmid2295773">{{cite journal |vauthors=Wolfson L, Whipple R, Amerman P, Tobin JN |title=Gait assessment in the elderly: a gait abnormality rating scale and its relation to falls |journal=J Gerontol |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=M12–9 |date=January 1990 |pmid=2295773 |doi= 10.1093/geronj/45.1.m12|doi-access=free }}</ref> is a videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of [[human gait]]. It has been evaluated as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for injury from falls.<ref name="pmid9823750">{{cite journal |vauthors=VanSwearingen JM, Paschal KA, Bonino P, Chen TW |title=Assessing recurrent fall risk of community-dwelling, frail older veterans using specific tests of mobility and the physical performance test of function |journal=J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=M457–64 |date=November 1998 |pmid=9823750 |doi= 10.1093/gerona/53a.6.m457|doi-access=free }}</ref> and has been used in remote gait evaluation.<ref name="pmid14728760">{{cite journal |vauthors=Russell TG, Jull GA, Wootton R |title=The diagnostic reliability of Internet-based observational kinematic gait analysis |journal=J Telemed Telecare |volume=Suppl 2 |issue= Supplement 2|pages=S48–51 |series=9 |year=2003 |pmid=14728760 |doi=10.1258/135763303322596255 |s2cid=6910676 }}</ref> A modified version was published in 1996.<ref name="pmid8790277">{{cite journal |vauthors=VanSwearingen JM, Paschal KA, Bonino P, Yang JF |title=The modified Gait Abnormality Rating Scale for recognizing the risk of recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly adults |journal=Phys Ther |volume=76 |issue=9 |pages=994–1002 |date=September 1996 |pmid=8790277 |doi= 10.1093/ptj/76.9.994|doi-access=free }}</ref>


== Scoring ==
== Scoring and assessment ==
The scale comprises three categories:<ref name="urlGAIT ASSESSMENT RATING SCALE">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohcponline.com/gars.html |title=GAIT ASSESSMENT RATING SCALE |work= |accessdate= |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120213152531/http://www.ohcponline.com/gars.html|archivedate=13 February 2012}}</ref>
The scale comprises three categories:<ref name="urlGAIT ASSESSMENT RATING SCALE">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohcponline.com/gars.html |title=GAIT ASSESSMENT RATING SCALE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213152531/http://www.ohcponline.com/gars.html|archive-date=13 February 2012}}</ref>
* five general facets
* five general facets
* four [[Human leg|lower extremity]] facets
* four [[Human leg|lower extremity]] facets
* seven [[torso|trunk]], head and [[upper limb|upper extremity]] facets
* seven [[torso|trunk]], head and [[upper limb|upper extremity]] facets
Each item has a score range from 0 (good
Each item has a score range from 0 (good
function) to 3 (poor function).<ref name="urlAbnormal Gait">{{cite web |url=http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40002327/ |title=Abnormal Gait |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>
function) to 3 (poor function).<ref name="urlAbnormal Gait">{{cite web |url=http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40002327/ |title=Abnormal Gait }}</ref>


The total GARS score is the sum of the 16 individual facets, and the total score represents a rank ordering of risk for falling, based on the number of gait abnormalities recognized and the severity of any [[gait abnormality]] identified.
The total GARS score is the sum of the 16 individual facets, and the total score represents a rank ordering of risk for falling, based on the number of gait abnormalities recognized and the severity of any [[gait abnormality]] identified.

Latest revision as of 19:59, 13 August 2023

Gait Abnormality Rating Scale
Purposeevaluate individuals who are a risk to fall

Gait Abnormality Rating Scale (GARS)[1] is a videotape-based analysis of 16 facets of human gait. It has been evaluated as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for injury from falls.[2] and has been used in remote gait evaluation.[3] A modified version was published in 1996.[4]

Scoring and assessment

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The scale comprises three categories:[5]

Each item has a score range from 0 (good function) to 3 (poor function).[6]

The total GARS score is the sum of the 16 individual facets, and the total score represents a rank ordering of risk for falling, based on the number of gait abnormalities recognized and the severity of any gait abnormality identified.

References

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  1. ^ Wolfson L, Whipple R, Amerman P, Tobin JN (January 1990). "Gait assessment in the elderly: a gait abnormality rating scale and its relation to falls". J Gerontol. 45 (1): M12–9. doi:10.1093/geronj/45.1.m12. PMID 2295773.
  2. ^ VanSwearingen JM, Paschal KA, Bonino P, Chen TW (November 1998). "Assessing recurrent fall risk of community-dwelling, frail older veterans using specific tests of mobility and the physical performance test of function". J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 53 (6): M457–64. doi:10.1093/gerona/53a.6.m457. PMID 9823750.
  3. ^ Russell TG, Jull GA, Wootton R (2003). "The diagnostic reliability of Internet-based observational kinematic gait analysis". J Telemed Telecare. 9. Suppl 2 (Supplement 2): S48–51. doi:10.1258/135763303322596255. PMID 14728760. S2CID 6910676.
  4. ^ VanSwearingen JM, Paschal KA, Bonino P, Yang JF (September 1996). "The modified Gait Abnormality Rating Scale for recognizing the risk of recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly adults". Phys Ther. 76 (9): 994–1002. doi:10.1093/ptj/76.9.994. PMID 8790277.
  5. ^ "GAIT ASSESSMENT RATING SCALE". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Abnormal Gait".
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