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Patients were instructed to walk without assistive devices when able.
Only 4.6% of femoral fracture patients experienced changes in their living situation post-discharge (53% because of the fracture event), although less than half of subjects who were able to walk without assistive devices prior to the fracture event (76.7%) could still do so at time of interview (34.9%).
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Children with GMFCS level II walked without assistive devices at household distances and therefore had unchanged FMS level at a distance of 5 m, whereas gait function improved statistically significantly at greater distances.
All patients were able to walk without an assistive device.
Full-weight bearing was assessed by simply observing the patient walk, without any assistive device, or only one-hand stick was used for body balance.
Of these 819, 311 were eligible for neuroimaging at 3.0 Tesla, had concurrent SBP measurements, and were still able to walk without an assistive device.
In children at GMFCS level II, the greatest improvement occurred at the longest distance (500 m)—where several children who had needed a wheelchair preoperatively were able to walk without any assistive devices at the 5-year follow-up.
Additional inclusion criteria included: age 25 years or older; living independently; considered themselves in general good health; able to walk without an assistive device; able to speak and read English; have a home computer with an Internet connection; have a personal e-mail account; and able to attend at least four online visits to the TERC web site.
Inclusion criteria were: (1) the ability to walk without an assistive device; (2) no history of lower limb trauma or surgery; (3) no neuromuscular disorder; (4) no acute or chronic disease that impaired their strength and power; and (5) no severe dementia (which might influence informed consent).
Fifteen participants volunteered to perform 2 walking trials without assistive devices during each of the 4 sessions (average time between visit days = 13.9 days; range = 8 to 20 days), with 8 walking trials total.
The Wilson mobility scale was chosen to examine the concurrent validity of the GMFCS-E&R since it 1) besides the description of walking with and without assistive devices 2) also includes alternative methods of mobility, and 3) in addition a description of the need of support in sitting.
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