Hi all,

If you are looking for a study on observational assessment of the foot in particular, we have two papers evaluating the reliability of each (not too good, I am sad to report).

The first was looking at reliability of foot motion using video:

Keenan, A.M. and Bach, T.M. (1996). "Video assessment of rearfoot motion during walking- a reliability study". Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 77 (7): 651 - 655.

The second look at combining clinical measures with observational real-time assessment:

Keenan, A.M. and Bach, T.M. in review "Clinicians assessment of the rearfoot: a reliability study".

I think that the take home message from these studies is that assessment of foot motion during gait is difficult and must be undertaken in consideration of general clinical decision making. It is not sensitive enough to use in isolation.

Kind regards

amk

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From: PHYSIO - for physiotherapists in education and practice [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Andrew Kerr
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Subject: Re: Observational gait assessment

The paper Murray may be thinking of is Easltlack et al (1991) on inter-rater reliability of videotaped observational gait analysis. It was in Physical Therapy Vol.71. 468-471

Yours sincerely

Andy Kerr

Lecturer in Physiotherapy